[Magdalen] Quiet

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Atlanta... and then there's the highway debacle... it is getting lots of 
press and TV here in Houston. Having driven there as recently as a year ago, 
and driven through numerous occasions whilst traversing that part of the 
USA, I can't even imagine the chaos of that road being out of commission for 
the length of time needed to repair/replace.

We (Houston) were thinking of starting an initiative of providing temporary 
homeless tents for under  several overpasses where homeless people (of 
various lifestyles) 'loiter' and sleep. It was advanced that perhaps it 
would be effective to help them be more 'organized'.  Difficult to do in a 
city where the downtown has literally SLAMMED into gentrification  over the 
last 5 years filling adjacent run down neighborhoods with high rise 
apartments, and a mish-mash of modern out of place looking town home 
clusters (no zoning here, in case you didn't know), and numerous new high 
rise apartments in the downtown business district footprint. Even seeing the 
homeless is an affront to affluent newly-relocated  residents of the 
downtown scene, and the high gear executives at the many corporate 
headquarters. Homeless loiterers,,,, just gotta' go. Sigh.

This state is SO screwed up. Our Legislature is in session and the results 
coming out of Austin are abysmal. And our Attorney General has been under 
indictment with state and the Feds since before he ran for office. A trial 
is finally being set AND (thank you God) the venue has been moved. Out of 
his comfort zone.

enough about me/Houston/TX...
L

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When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck
"Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk by 
Richard Rohr
"The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they 
oppress." F Douglass

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From: "James Handsfield" <jhandsfield at att.net>
Sent: Monday, April 03, 2017 10:18 AM
To: "Magdalen" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Quiet

> Heavy storms on the way in; I-85 closed; shooting on Peachtree Street; 
> I-20 jammed due to an accident . . . what could go wrong in Atlanta?
>
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> Education is its own reward, both for the individual and for society.
>
> Jim Handsfield
> jhandsfield at att.net
>
>> On Apr 3, 2017, at 11:07 AM, Marilyn Cepeda <mcepeda514 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Crazy here with lots of school and work delays and cancellations for a 
>> bit
>> of rain!
>>
>