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Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge.
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Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non addictive, gender neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious / secular persuasion and /or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all.
I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2009, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great. Not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country nor the only America in the Western Hemisphere.
Also, this wish is made without regard to the race, color, creed, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishee.
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God willing, we're going camping next week, as we have done almost every year for the last quarter century. Kelia has been the main planner and executrix of this do (it now is an event in Capital Letters), and has decided to let this be the last year. Her letter to participants from prior years in toto, but slightly rearranged:
I am looking forward to seeing as many of y'all as can be with us for Thanksgiving next week at Double Lake, God willing!
I look forward to this time with great fondness.
The Double Lake Thanksgiving tradition was begun by Steve and Shirley Maurer in 1983 when Crystal was less than 2, Marla was 2 and Kennon was 5. From 3 families gathered around a campfire the tradition has swelled to many, many more families--sometimes more than 100 folks on Thanksgiving Day each year with 40 or 50 of us camping together. It's been a BLAST!
What has made this time most special to me and my family is the time I've had with folks like YOU. If you have been able to be with us at Thanksgiving, then YOU are what Marla affectionately terms our "Thanksgiving family".
But I just wanted to give y'all the heads-up that this will be the LAST YEAR I coordinate the Double Lake Thanksgiving Campout.
If anyone would like to step up to the plate and take over the coordinating, I'm pleased to work with him/her for 2009, as God wills. However, I need to know ASAP--absolutely no later than Thanksgiving Day!
The Lodge reservations have to be made the day after Thanksgiving first-come-first-served. Other groups have almost reserved the space ahead of us in years past, so timing is critical. Group Site F has to be reserved absolutely the first day it comes available (time varies from year to year) for the same reason.
Some sort of T'giving Campout newsletter and set of emails are put out the first part of October to prepare folks for the event.
The paper goods and other incidentals are then bought the last few weeks before Thanksgiving.
Other parts of the tradition that are not critical but are done include printing signs to direct folks, bringing hymnals for our singings, bringing the archival photo albums and taking pix of all attendees for them, being sure coffee is made, tables are set up and covered with tablecloths and other incidentals.
I've thoroughly enjoyed doing this job but it's time to pass it on to someone else, if there is anyone else who wants to do it. If not, then this wonderful tradition needs to be part of the past after this year.
I don't do changes very well, but the older I get, I realize trying to not change is like trying to tie down the wind. That's not going to happen! We have a few hurricanes in recent years to remind us of that.
I'm so thankful that GOD never changes. Praise to Him!
Thank you for helping to make these Thanksgivings so precious in my/our memories.
And, according to His gracious will, may GOD bless the Double Lake Thanksgiving Campout 2008!
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