Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Hear ye, hear ye!
There are signs inflation is cooling.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Thank you to our Veterans.      
We must lighten the emotional load our Veterans are carrying. 
 

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

  Glory to Ukraine.    

          🇺🇦  

Kherson City residents have been living without water and electricity.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Securing/maintaining democracy is NOT easy. 

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Whatever the occasion,        
Dolly's message rings true:          
"Love is more contagious than a virus so let your best self shine in a glorious light and others will be inspired by you."

Dolly Parton received a $100 million grant to "Do Good Things" as recipient of Bezos Courage and Civility Award.      
Congratulations to Dolly Parton, a beloved American and philanthropist.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Many of us are familiar with the term "mulligan" -        
a word that has special meaning for golfers playing a friendly game and the score and rules don't much matter. If a golfer hits a particularly bad shot, another player might say, "take a mulligan"... in other words, hit another shot, or take a redo or second chance.

No doubt, there are times apart from golf, when we all might wish a redo or to have a second chance...
a second chance to say something different, or maybe NOT to say something.      
A second chance to make the most of an opportunity that came our way or to chase a dream we deferred;      
a second chance to follow through on a responsibility we avoided, or to repair a relationship.

For sure, I can think of more than a few things for which I'd like a second chance... to "take a mulligan".

As we gather with family and friends, this (post) COVID Thanksgiving gives us the opportunity to offer a "mulligan" and to accept one too.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

It was some time after moving to Oshkosh that I learned how to pronounce DK's name...

He's Don Kuehn, pronounced Keen (in Oshkosh for sure).

YouTube is the next best thing to being a fly on the wall -

Suffice it to say: the golfers in my family, and in my new environs are wowed by our Niles West classmate.

https://youtu.be/Mb9wPVZsnPQ

video of the Hall of Fame presentation

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

   
           A T T E N T I O N:
      Measles outbreak in Ohio    
      Driven by misinformation  
       and lack of vaccination.

 --- A word to the wise:    
       Get your COVID booster.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

   President Volodymyr Zelenskyy    
       and "the spirit of Ukraine"    
           is 'Time' magazine's     
      2022 Person of the Year

  'Time' is praising the president,        
   and honoring "the spirit of Ukraine"      
   as its person of the year.      
   In an ongoing race, Ukraine tries    
   to repair faster than Russia bombs.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Before retreating from the city of Kherson, Russian troops not only buried land mines but also set up tripwires and other surprise explosives. This is the form of Russian terror Ukrainians will have to counter for years to come. Paying tribute to those who were killed on a de-mining mission, President Zelenskyy said, "Terrorists deliberately try to leave behind as many death traps as possible. There is no anti-mine system that can destroy even part of the threat; the mines are even more cruel and meaner than a missile."

Pope Francis broke down during an address in Rome about the Ukraine War victims; he wept as he prayed, pleading for peace in Ukraine.

As the Russian military's list of failures grows, Putin persists, saying the war in Ukraine could be a 'long process'.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

"One doesn't have to operate with great malice to do great harm. The absence of empathy and understanding are sufficient. In fact, a man (woman) convinced of his virtue even in the midst of his vice is the worst kind of man (woman). There is no wrong time to do the right thing."        
-- Charles Blow, NYTimes Op Ed columnist

If we support, even silently, those who are OK with racial bigotry and anti-Semitism we are part of the problem. We must stand firmly and unequivocally against the hatred. Righting wrongs requires a deep desire to make it happen. Truth must be told. There's no way we live without bothering others' sensibilities. There is a cost for silence just as there is a cost for making our voices heard.

"To thine own self be true." -- Shakespeare

May Abraham Lincoln's "chorus of the Union, when again touched...by the better angels of our nature" let us live large and err on the side of love and acceptance.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

"It's an universal law -- intolerance is the first sign of an inadequate education. An ill-educated person behaves with arrogant impatience, whereas truly profound education breeds humility."

-- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

"Putin is using winter as a weapon of war against Ukraine."        
Though Putin would have Ukraine grovel in darkness,  
President Zelenskyy and Ukraine are a beacon to the world.      
I am humbled by their determination and courage.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

               "Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness."

               -- Anne Frank

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Christmas carols are part of my life... not 'til tonight on Christmas eve did I learn that 'Carol of the Bells' is a Ukrainian carol. One hundred years ago the Ukrainian National Chorus performed the carol at Carnegie Hall as part of a cultural diplomacy mission. 'Carol of the Bells' has been recorded into over 150 versions and re-arrangements for varying vocal and instrumental compositions. 

Tomorrow is Christmas Day and the Eighth Night of Hannukah. People the world 'round are celebrating Light.

All best wishes to you my classmates, and prayers for Ukraine.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Will there be a good time to play football again?

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

"EVERYONE WANTS TO SAVE THE WORLD, BUT NO ONE WANTS TO HELP MOM DO THE DISHES."

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

The eyes of the world are on the U.S. House.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Be well,

there is so much sickness out there.

Marvin Irving Blusteln

Still lurking.  Janis have you thought about writing a book?

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Thanks for lurking, Marv.        
Were I to write a book, I hope you would read it.      
In the meantime, the Message Forum is a wonderful outlet (available to all of us) to reach out to our classmates. My continuing wish is that some of you lurkers would add your voices and create a medley.          
I highly recommend posting to all; it's one small way to touch the future...

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Let us celebrate that for the sixth straight month inflation is slowing.

Let us celebrate that Jill Biden's lesions were basal cell carcinoma.

Let us acknowledge how serious it is to mishandle classified documents and that the sensitivity of there being a conflict of interests necessitates special counsels to investigate why classified documents have been found in multiple unsecured locations.

It is time for Intelligence to give serious attention to how classified documents are handled.

There are lots of distinctions between the way the unsecured classified documents were found: 

As a populace we should affirm that these special counsel investigations into how and why classified documents have been found in multiple unsecured locations should proceed without the electorate snarled in the intrigue.

IMO, the circumstances make it advisable that both political parties move forward with a field of younger candidates on their 2024 primary ballots. It is time for a new generation of leadership.

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

"If the truth makes you uncomfortable, don't blame the truth.      
        Blame the lie that made you comfortable." -- anon

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

What does the letter "U" have to do with "W"?

The 23rd letter of the English alphabet is a bit of a wonder.      
The "W" is the only letter of the alphabet with a three-syllable name.      
It is one of three letters (H, W, and Y) with a name that does not indicate its phonetic use.

Note the print shape of "W" is actually double V.      
As the printing press evolved, so did letter shapes.      
The double-V was favored for double-U in part because of ancient Roman inscriptions.        
Over time, double VV was written as one continuous shape (W) on a single block.

The "W" makes different sounds in other languages.      
In German, "W" is pronounced like an English "V".    
In Welsh, "W" is a vowel, making a U-type sound.    
In Latin, U represented a W sound, which could only occur before a vowel.

Fancy Miss Nancy (Novak)

IF I REST, I RUST…

(GET UP, GET OUT, GET MOVING)

Dedicated to all of my friends experiencing “The Adventure of Aging.”

By Fancy Miss Nancy 

My workaholic twin 

Keeps whispering in my ear,

“Wake up now, get moving.

It’s morning don’t you hear?

Get up, get out, get moving!

Hey! Can’t you hear, my dear?”

The fight is on. My lazy brain

Begins to take a stand. 

Shush now please! 

The summer breeze 

Is dancing on my hand.

Quiet please! Enjoy the breeze!

Stop tuning up your band. 

Annoyance now is wide awake,

No whisper, but a shout.

The volume’s getting louder still.

It seems there’s no way out.

My pillow’s tight upon my head.

Can’t you let me stay in bed?

NOPE! 

GET UP, GET OUT, 

GET MOVING!!!

And I must, or else I rust!

                                   2022