[Oe List ...] A word to add to George's collegium

[Jeanette Stanfield]

Wow!  I went to bed about midnight our time singing with you all I can see a
new day- all the way from Christies Beach, South Australia.  This past year
has been an amazing one for the world and all of us I think.

 November a year ago Kevin Rudd became prime minister of Australia,
immediately signed the Kyoto agreement and within a few months, parliament
opened with a welcome to country by the aboriginal peoples of Canberra- a
first- and then Kevin delivered a long awaited- Sorry speech to the
Aboriginals for systematic stealing of their children and putting them into
boarding schools to be assimilated into Australia-European life.

A few months later Canada held a similar ceremony.

Now we have President Barack Obama.  How good that sounds.

Perhaps the 21st century is really being born.

Peace,

Jeanette


Charles or Doris Hahn

> Thank you to everyone who helped bring about this new day. Taking part in
> Indiana's turning Blue is frosting on the cake for us. I must say I thought
> McCain's speech last night was stellar--not as thrilling as Obama's, but
> really fine.
> 
> Special thanks to colleagues from around the world who have posted notes this
> morning. We are humbled and grateful. Most mornings I walk with a woman from
> South Africa (she's been here about 15 years) in our neighborhood. This
> morning she came to her door and greeted me with, "You did it"!!!! It was an
> energizing way to start the day
> 
> Monday night I found myself trying to put together "I can see a new day" in my
> memory. It suddenly became a mantra in my head. I haven't sorted out many of
> the words yet, but the song is surely in my being.
> 
> Grace and Peace, (what a profound secular greeting--or closing, as the case
> may be)
> 
> Doris Hahn
> 
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