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Tom is the guy with the white hair sitting down. This picture was taken about a year ago. It was the last Sunday before he moved to Washington DC area. Felt some prompting to take the picture, glad we did. Tom went with his son and their family who had to move and this last week he passed away. He was in our ward for a couple of years and went through a lot of health issues. Most people are interesting. Older folks can be very interesting. Tom was from Canada. His wife was from Australia.

"Stands by Buffalos"

For a few years up to a few years ago I watched the movie
"Dancing with Wolves" many many times. I suspect I will watch it a few more times eventually. A lot of things appealed to me in that movie. I liked the Buffalo scenes. The "majesty" of them and the impact they had on the earth as they moved across it. I liked the final scenes as "Stands with a Fist" and "Dances with Wolves" leave together and above a wolf calls out. I liked the individuality I saw in the Lakota Indians.

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On our Saturday walks we often walk by a bronze buffalo. I have taken a number of pictures of it. Many many times in fact. Like watching the movie it draws me in and it sometimes becomes part of my day. Today was no exception. Today MJ served as the reason for the picture. Something about land in New Mexico that has some attraction. It seems to be from another time in a way.

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Applications were already taken. You won.

The help wanted ad from Shackleton requesting help for his long journey might be like the ad we answered when we signed on for this life. The only difference might be that a "safe return" is likely. Honor and recognition probably will be based on what we learn but the experience will bring us to a point where we will see things different.

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I have liked T.S. Eliot's quote and have wondered why he felt that way and what might be concluded from the quote. It seems to me that Eliot was thinking about a homecoming and it is likely that he considered that at his death he would begin again as himself wiser for what he had learned. Wiser for answering the ad. Wiser for the experience. More depth, more capacity to understand. Better able to see things in a different way. Wisdom seems to come from experience rather than words.

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