<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large">I agree, Frank. Excellent contribution!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>George Duncan</div><div>Emeritus Professor of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University<br><a href="http://georgeduncanart.com/" target="_blank">georgeduncanart.com</a></div><div>See posts on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram</div>
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<div> <br>My art theme: Dynamic exposition of the tension between matrix order and luminous chaos.<br></div><div><br></div><div><h1 style="letter-spacing:-0.02em;margin:0px"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-weight:normal">"Attempt what is not certain. Certainty may or may not come later. It may then be a valuable delusion."</font></h1><div><span style="font-size:small;letter-spacing:-0.02em;line-height:1.125em"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">From "Notes to myself on beginning a painting" by Richard Diebenkorn. </font></span></div><table width="85%" style="color:rgb(93,86,81);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:18px;margin:auto;border-collapse:collapse!important"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center"><p style="margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:12px"><font size="2">"It's that knife-edge of uncertainty where we come alive to our truest power." Joanna Macy.</font></p></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="font-size:13px;text-transform:uppercase"><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:27px;color:rgb(146,146,146);text-align:center"><br></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jul 2, 2022 at 9:17 AM Frank Wimberly <<a href="mailto:wimberly3@gmail.com">wimberly3@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="auto">My wife Deborah publishes a weekly message that she sends to family and friends. I thought this week's version might be appropriate for Friam.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Deborah Wimberly</strong> <br><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br>The Weekly Offering: As we anticipate the 4th of July, there is cause for concern about so many things.<div><br></div><div> Fireworks</div><div><br></div><div> The birth of our nation,</div><div> the golden idea,</div><div> now ravaged by myriad works of deceit</div><div> meant to unhinge the bravest among us.</div><div> Fireworks could be different this year.</div><div> The brilliant illusions might ignite</div><div> the eyes, the arms, the heart of a people</div><div> in defense of freedom's voice.</div><div> Deborah Wimberly</div><div><br></div><div>Here are some voices that have not been silenced despite the challenges they have faced.</div><div><br></div><div>"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it."</div><div> Mark Twain</div><div><br></div><div>"The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous."</div><div> Frederick Douglass</div><div><br></div><div>"In the face of impossible odds, people who love their country can change it."</div><div> Barack Obama</div><div><br></div><div>"I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his</div><div>freedom" Bob Dylan</div><div><br></div><div>"Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth."</div><div> Abraham Lincoln</div><div><br></div><div>"In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved."</div><div> Franklin D. Roosevelt</div><div><br></div><div>"The advance and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.</div><div> James Madison</div><div><br></div><div>"The truth will set you free but first it will piss you off."</div><div> Gloria Steinem</div><div><br></div><div>"I love America better than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to</div><div>criticize her perpetually." James Baldwin</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="auto"><div>Frank C. Wimberly<br>140 Calle Ojo Feliz, <br>Santa Fe, NM 87505<br><br>505 670-9918<br>Santa Fe, NM</div></div>
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