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04/06/2023

Raising them right

04/06/2023

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04/06/2023

Self-knowledge might be the most difficult of life’s rewards — the hardest to earn and the hardest to bear. To know yourself is to know that you are not an unassailable fixity amid the entropic storm of the universe but a set of fragilities in constant flux. To know yourself is to know that you are not invulnerable.

The honest encounter with that vulnerability is the wellspring of art: Every artist’s art is their coping mechanism for the extreme sensitivity to aliveness that we call beauty — the transcendent and terrifying capacity to be moved by the world, to let something outside us stir deeply something within us. All great art — and only honest art can be great — is therefore the work of vulnerability and all integrity the function of fidelity to one’s fragilities.

03/03/2023

At a certain point in every life, each of us has to carry weight that seems more than we can carry. We know the answer is prayer, but remembering to pray, getting into a prayer routine and persevering when it gets difficult can take years to master. Many people just give up. But, those who persevere develop a friendship with God that can help them weather anything.

02/03/2023

For our heart to be purely open to supreme reality we require the simplicity of a child, to sit still in the presence of God and to remain open at the beginning of each day. Even so, our day can often drift into distraction, meaninglessness, anxiety or illusion. Then the evening meditation again gathers the scattered parts and binds them together in the love of Christ...
..do not think of your meditation as..."putting a bit of spirituality" into your life. See it rather as informing your whole day with reality: the supreme reality that we now have access to God with freedom.
Lorene Snyder

20/02/2023

Fun on February 20,2023

20/02/2023

Evolution has devised a mind-boggling number of amazing methods for perpetuating life on Earth. But one of nature’s most impressive tricks is pumping the brakes on pregnancy with a process known as embryonic diapause. This isn’t a rare prenatal feat, either: An estimated 130 mammal species — such as mice and seals — can pause a pregnancy for anywhere from a few days to as many as 11 months, as is the case with the tammar wallaby (Notamacropus eugenii). The pause usually occurs during the blastocyst stage, when an embryo forms in the uterus but doesn’t embed into the uterine wall until conditions are right.

Scientists have identified two reasons why some mammals pause pregnancies. When animals are nursing, a rise in hormones prevents embryos from implanting, which gives the nursing young time to wean off their mother. The second reason is a bit more complicated, but certain animals can pause pregnancies when external conditions — such as a lack of food or harsh temperatures — are not ideal for raising a newborn. Scientists have known about this kind of diapause since at least the 1850s, but are only now beginning to understand its inner workings. In 2020, a study found that a catalytic enzyme known as mTOR — which regulates cell proliferation, growth, and protein synthesis, and also senses a cell’s nutrient and energy levels — instigated a metabolic response related to diapause when it was inhibited. Scientists are still piecing together exactly why humans, who also have mTOR enzymes, can’t pause pregnancies; understanding how this process works could lead to advancements in stem cell research and cancer treatment.

15/01/2023

Before the advent of social media and text messaging, postcards were the primary medium for sharing short thoughts and ideas with other people — they were all the rage in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

15/01/2023

“An epiphany enables you to sense creation not as something completed, but as constantly becoming, evolving, ascending. This transports you from a place where there is nothing new to a place where there is nothing old, where everything renews itself, where heaven and earth rejoice as at the moment of creation.”

–Bradley Artson, The God of Becoming and Relationship, p. 23

14/01/2023

Can you imagine a world where humans are able to look at each other and all of life, and see the light of the sacred shining through?

08/10/2020

03/01/2020

These trips to New York are wonderful for every age
People can fly or drive directly to our great Broadway Theater hotel. Send an email to any listed or call me 314 308-5296
Meet Pope Joseph Pi for free!

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Joe Dahlem
Date: Thu, Jan 2, 2020 at 4:26 PM
Subject: FINAL NEW YORK TRIP 2020
To: JOE DAHLEM , Joe Dahlem , Joe Dahlem

NEW YORK ADVENTURES 2020 THE FINAL FRONTIER JANUARY 12, 2020 GROUP ENTERTAINMENT SELECTIONS NEW SHOWS AVAILABLE ARE:

Moulin Rouge! ­­­­­­M_____________________________________________

Jagged Little Pill, M ___________________________________________

The Inheritance the two-part epic __ P_________________________________

A Soldier’s Play ___ P __________________________________________
Grand Horizons ___ P __________________________________________

West Side Story M ____________________________________________
My Name Is Lucy Barton __ P _____________________________________

Girl From The North Country __ M__________________________________

Six ___ P______________________________________________________

The Minutes __ P_____________________________________________

Hangmen__ P __________________________________________________

Company _ M ___________________________________________________
Diana ______ M __________________________________________________
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? __ P __________________________________
The Lehman Trilogy __ P ___________________________________________

Mrs. Doubtfire M _______________________________________________
Flying Over Sunset__ M ___________________________________________
Caroline, Or Change _ M __________________________________________
Plaza Suite _______ P ______________________________________________

American Buffalo___ P ___________________________________________
How I Learned to Drive P ___________________________________________
Birthday Candles _ P _______________________________________________

Take Me Out P_____________________________________________

MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON
• Theatre: Samuel J. Friedman
• First Preview: January 4
• Opening Night: January 15
• Written by Elizabeth Strout and adapted by Rona Munro
• Director: Richard Eyre
• Cast: Laura Linney
• Lucy Barton wakes after an operation to find—much to her surprise—her mother at the foot of her bed. They haven’t seen each other in years. During their days-long visit, Lucy tries to understand her past, works to come to terms with her family, and begins to find herself as a writer.

GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY
• Theatre: Belasco
• First Preview: February 7
• Opening Night: March 5
• Written and directed by Conor McPherson
• Music and lyrics by Bob Dylan
• Tony nominees Marc Kudisch, David Pittu, and Mare Winningham, along with Todd Almond, Jeannette Bayardelle, Matthew Frederick Harris, Caitlin Houlahan, Robert Joy, Luba Mason, Ben Mayne, Tom Nelis, Colton Ryan, John Schiappa, Austin Scott, Kimber Elayne Sprawl, Rachel Stern, and Chelsea Lee Williams.
• Set in 1934 at a guesthouse in the heartland of America, a group of travelers pass in and out of each other’s lives, and share stories that awaken each other with passion, fury and, beauty.

SIX
• Theatre: Brooks Atkinson
• First Preview: February 13
• Opening Night: March 12
• Composed by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss (who also directs)
• Adrianna Hicks, Andrea Macasaet, Abby Mueller, Brittney Mack, Samantha Pauly, and Anna Uzele will reprise their roles as Henry VIII’s wives
• The concert-esque musical gives the six ill-fated wives of Henry VIII the opportunity to tell their story through a high-energy pop score.

THE MINUTES
• Theatre: Cort
• First Preview: February 25
• Opening Night: March 15
• Written by Tracey Letts
• Directed by: Anna D. Shapiro
• This Pulitzer Prize finalist about small-town politics and real-world power will reunite Shapiro and Letts for the first time on Broadway since August: Osage County.
• The cast includes Letts, Jessie Mueller, Armie Hammer, Blair Brown, K. Todd Freeman, Austin Pendleton, Ian Barford, Cliff Chamberlain, Danny McCarthy, Sally Murphy, and Jeff Still.

HANGMEN
• Theatre: Golden
• First Preview: February 28
• Opening Night: March 19
• Written by Martin McDonagh
• Directed by: Matthew Dunster
• Local British hangman Harry finds himself without a job on the day that hanging has been abolished. In the wake of this historic decision, a string of events lead to both comic and tragic consequences.
• The Olivier Award-winning Royal Court Theatre production, which transferred to the West End prior to making its U.S. debut, enjoyed a sold-out run Off-Broadway at Atlantic Theater Company in 2018.
• Cast: Reprising their roles from the West End are Mark Addy as Harry, Owen Campbell as Clegg, Gaby French as Shirley, Richard Hollis as Bill, and John Horton as Arthur. New to the production are Tracie Bennett as Alice, Ewen Bremner as Syd, John Hodgkinson as Pierrepoint, and Dan Stevens as Mooney.

COMPANY
• Theatre: Bernad B. Jacobs
• First Preview: March 2
• Opening Night: March 22
• Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
• Book by George Furth
• Directed by Marianne Elliott
• Starring as Bobbie will be Katrina Lenk alongside Patti LuPone, reprising her Olivier Award-winning performance as Joanne. Joining them are Matt Doyle as Jamie, Christopher Fitzgerald as David, Christopher Sieber as Harry, Jennifer Simard as Sarah, Terence Archie as Larry, Etai Benson as Paul, Nikki Renée Daniels as Jenny, Claybourne Elder as Andy, Greg Hildreth as Peter, Kyle Dean Massey as Theo, and Bobby Conte Thornton as P.J.
• The gender-flipped interpretation of the 1970 musical comes to Broadway following a critically acclaimed West End bow in 2018. Elliott collaborated with Sondheim to reimagine Bobby’s trio of girlfriends as boyfriends; the soon-to-be married (or not) Amy and Paul are now Jamie and Paul. In addition to gender swaps, the production introduces several updated lyrics and brings the story into present day.

DIANA
• Theatre: Longacre
• First Preview: March 2
• Opening Night: March 31
• Book, music, and lyrics by Joe DiPietro and David Bryan
• Directed by Tony winner Christopher Ashley
• Jeanna de Waal and Roe Hartrampf reprise their roles as Princess Diana and Prince Charles from the La Jolla Playhouse spring 2019 production.

WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
• Theatre: Booth
• First Preview: March 3, 2020
• Opening Night: April 9, 2020
• Director: Joe Mantello
• Cast: Laurie Metcalf, Rupert Everett, Russell Tovey, Patsy Ferran
• A revival of the classic Edward Albee drama marks Metcalf's fifth consecutive season on Broadway.

THE LEHMAN TRILOGY
• Theatre: Nederlander Theatre
• First Preview: March 7
• Opening Night: March 26
• Adapted by Ben Power from Stefano Massini’s play
• Director: Sam Mendes
• Cast: Adam Godley, Ben Miles, and Simon Russell Beale, who play the three title brothers, their sons, and grandson
• The Lehman Trilogy follows the 163-year saga that begins with a young man in Bavaria dreaming of a new life and ends with one of the world’s largest financial crises.

MRS. DOUBTFIRE
• Theatre: Stephen Sondheim Theatre
• First preview: March 9, 2020
• Opening Night: April 5, 2020
• Written by John O'Farrell and Karey Kirkpatrick (book) and Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick (music and lyrics)
• Director: Jerry Zaks
• Rob McClure stars as the struggling actor who disguises himself as a nanny in order to spend more time with his children.
• Jenn Gambatese as Miranda Hillard, Brad Oscar as Frank Hillard, Analise Scarpaci as Lydia Hillard, Jake Ryan Flynn as Christopher Hillard, Avery Sellas Natalie Hillard, J. Harrison Ghee as Andre, Mark Evans as Stuart Dunmeyer, Charity Angél Dawson as Wanda Sellner, and Peter Bartlett as Mr. Jolly.

FLYING OVER SUNSET
• Theatre: Vivian Beaumont
• First Preview: March 12
• Opening Night: April 16
• Music by Tom Kitt and lyrics by Michael Korie
• With a book and direction by James Lapine
• Cast: Carmen Cusack as playwright and diplomat Clare Booth Luce, Harry Hadden-Paton as writer Aldous Huxley, and Tony Yazbek as movie star Cary Grant
• This musical follows three artists during the ’50s as they experiment with the drug L*D. At a crossroads in their lives the three come together, and under the influence of the drug, take a trip and confront the mysteries of their lives and their world.

CAROLINE, OR CHANGE
• Theatre: Studio 54
• First Preview: March 13
• Opening Night: April 7
• Written by Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori
• Director: Michael Longhurst
• Sharon D. Clarke makes her Broadway debut in the transfer of her Olivier Award-winning performance as Caroline, an African-American maid whose world of '60s Louisiana changes in ways big and small.

PLAZA SUITE
• Theatre: Hudson
• First Preview: March 13
• Opening Night: April 13
• Director: John Benjamin Hickey
• Cast: Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker
• A revival of the classic Neil Simon marriage comedy reunites the real-life couple on Broadway for the first time in over 20 years.

HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE
• Theatre: Samuel J. Friedman
• First Preview: March 27
• Opening Night: April 22
• Written by Paula Vogel
• Directed by Mark Brokaw
• Mary-Louise Parker and David Morse reprise their roles more than 20 years later after the 1997 Off-Broadway debut of the Pulitzer-prize winning play. It follows Li'l Bit (Parker) as she looks back in time in order to make sense of an uncle (Morse) who impacted her past, present, and future.

AMERICAN BUFFALO
• Theatre: Circle in the Square
• First Preview: March 24
• Opening Night: April 14
• Director: Neil Pepe
• Tony winner Laurence Fishburne and Oscar winner Sam Rockwell star in the David Mamet play about a junk shop owner as he schemes to get back a valuable nickel sold for much less than it’s true worth. Emmy winner Darren Criss co-stars.

BIRTHDAY CANDLES
• Theatre: American Airlines
• First Preview: April 2
• Opening Night: April 21
• Director: Vivienne Benesch
• The New York premiere of Noah Haidle's play about a woman striving for significance in her life.
• Starring Debra Messing

TAKE ME OUT
• Theatre: Helen Hayes
• First Preview: April 2
• Opening Night: April 23
• Director: Scott Ellis
• A revival of the Tony-winning Richard Greenberg comedy-drama, about the coming out of a gay baseball player.
• Starring Jessie Williams and Jesse Tyler Ferguson with Patrick J. Adams, Brandon J. Dirden, Julian Cihi, Hiram Delgado, Will Harrison, Carl Lundstedt, Ken Marks, Michael Oberholtzer, and Joél Pérez.

BLUE
• Theatre: TBA
• Target Opening: Spring 2020
• Written by Charles Randolph-Wright
• Music and lyrics by Nona Hendryx
• Directed by: Phylicia Rashad
• Three generations of a small-town South Carolina family. Feisty matriarch, Tillie, gives son Sam Jr. unsolicited advice about running the family business. Sam III runs with the girls, 12-year-old Reuben runs errands, and fashion-conscious Peggy runs up the credit cards.

Ain't Too Proud—The Life and Times of the Temptations
Running time: 2 hours and 30 minutes, including intermission
Opened March 21, 2019
Imperial Theatre: 249 W 45th St, New York, NY 10036

Aladdin
Running time: 2 hours and 30 minutes, including intermission
Opened March 20, 2014
New Amsterdam Theatre: 214 W 42nd St, New York, NY 10036

Beetlejuice
Running time: 2 hours and 30 minutes, including intermission
Opened April 25, 2019
Closes June 6
Winter Garden Theatre: 1634 Broadway (between 50th and 51st St), New York, NY 10019

The Book of Mormon
Running time: 2 hours and 30 minutes, including intermission
Opened March 24, 2011
Eugene O'Neill Theatre: 230 W 49th St, New York, NY 10019

Chicago
Running time: 2 hours and 30 minutes including intermission
Opened November 14, 1996
Ambassador Theatre: 219 W 49th St, New York, NY 10019

Come From Away
Running time: 100 minutes, no intermission
Opened March 12, 2017
Schoenfeld Theatre: 236 W 45th St, New York, NY 10036

David Byrne's American Utopia
Running time: 1 hour, 40 minutes with no intermission
Opened October 20, 2019
Tickets on sale through February 16 PROBABLY CLOSES
Hudson Theatre: 139-141 W. 44th St, New York, NY 10036

Dear Evan Hansen
Running time: 2 hours and 30 minutes, including intermission
Opened December 4, 2016
Music Box Theatre: 239 W 45th St, New York, NY 10036

Frozen
Running time: 2 hours and 20 minutes, including intermission
Opened March 22, 2018
St. James Theatre: 246 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036

Grand Horizons
Opens January 23
Helen Hayes Theater: 240 W. 44th St, New York, NY 10036

Hadestown
Running time: 2 hours and 25 minutes, including intermission
Opened April 17, 2019
Walter Kerr Theatre: 219 W 48th St, New York, NY 10036

Hamilton
Running time: 175 minutes, including intermission
Opened August 6, 2015
Richard Rodgers Theatre: 226 W 46th St, New York, NY 10036

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Running time: Part One–2 hours and 40 minutes, including intermission; Part Two–2 hours and 35 minutes, including intermission
Opened April 22, 2018
Lyric Theatre: 213 W 42nd St, New York, NY 10036

The Inheritance
Running time: Part One–3 hours and 15 minutes, including 2 intermissions; Part Two–3 hours and 10 minutes, including 1 intermission and a brief pause
Opened November 17, 2019
Barrymore Theatre: 243 W 47th St, New York, NY 10036

Jagged Little Pill
Running time: 2 hours and 30 minutes, including intermission
Opened December 5, 2019
Broadhurst Theatre: 235 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036

The Lion King
Running time: 2 hours and 30 minutes, including intermission
Opened November 13, 1997
Minskoff Theatre: 200 W 45th St, New York, NY 10036

Mean Girls
Running time: 2 hours, 30 minutes, including intermission
Opened April 8, 2018
August Wilson Theatre: 245 W 52nd St, New York, NY 10019

Moulin Rouge!
Running time: 2 hours and 45 minutes, including intermission
Opened July 25, 2019
Al Hirschfeld Theatre: 302 W 45th St, New York, NY 10036

The Phantom of the Opera
Running time: 2 hours, 30 minutes, including intermission
Opened January 26, 1988
Majestic Theatre: 245 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036

A Soldier's Play
In previews
Opens January 21, 2020
American Airlines Theatre: 227 W 42nd St, New York, NY 10036

Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
Running time: 2 hours and 40 minutes, including intermission
Opened November 7, 2019
Click here to reviews.
To purchase tickets, click here.
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre: 205 W 46th St, New York, NY 10036

To Kill a Mockingbird
Running time: 2 hours and 35 minutes, including intermission
Opened December 13, 2018
Click here to read reviews.
To purchase tickets, click here.
Shubert Theatre: 225 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036

West Side Story
Running time: 1 hour and 45 minutes, no intermission
In previews
Opens February 6
To purchase tickets, click here.
Broadway Theatre, 1681 Broadway (betw. 52nd and 53rd Streets)

Wicked
Running time: 2 hours and 30 minutes, including intermission
Opened October 30, 2003
To purchase tickets, click here.
Gershwin Theatre: 222 W 51st St, New York, NY 10019 LONG RUNNING SHOWS WORTH SEEING

Ain't Too Proud—The Life and Times of the Temptations

Aladdin Beetlejuice
The Book of Mormon
Chicago Come From Away
Dear Evan Hansen

Frozen The Lion King
Hadestown Hamilton
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Mean Girls The Phantom of the Opera
To Kill a Mockingbird Wicked

WE HAVE MANY FREE AND LOW COST SIGHTSEEING EVENTS WE WILL DECIDE ON AT THE TRIP PREPARATION MEETING SUNDAY MAY 17 2PM. TONY AWARD NOMINATIONS ARE GIVEN OUT IN EARLY MAY GIVING US PLENTY OF TIME T

30/11/2018

Southwest Airlines has their schedule opened through June 8, not through June 10. So……

The Tony Awards recently decided to hold the awards on June 9 just as we planned.
As soon as we get the next extension from Southwest we will proceed with our group reservations.

As of now we got a great contract with the Belvedere Hotel with its wonderful location in the heart of the shows and the many free and low cost tours so here is our standing as of October 21

Hotel will be Belvedere Hotel. Wonderful contract includes everything possible we have ever asked for at a lower cost than the past three years.

Ground transportation has been secured with the same providers we have used in the past. All the many luxuries and extras at last year’s prices locked in.
My preference is to stay with Southwest round trip using Newark if possible.
The final costs of hotel, Luxury Coaches and airline have all the built-in savings for all the hidden charges that are all included in the final low cost. We really get a huge bargain for what we do. Strangers keep telling me it does not seem possible.

While we have over 35 people right now expressing an interest I need real deposits from enough people to proceed with this trip June 4 to June 10 2019.

Our traditional theater trip allows people to pick any show, musical, play, entertainment on or off Broadway and attend one show for all six days and easily add three other shows on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday.
We offer lots of tours every day we are there and focus on tours especially on Thursday and Friday.
We specialize on serving the needs of anyone on a tight budget especially students. Broadway has made many changes to serve the needs of the growing population desiring to see its shows with many ways to acquire low cost tickets. About 100 professional performances are offered all over New York City by small experimental group including TV shows that need audiences and some even give out prizes and other free rewards.

So please pass along this offer to any friends and family members soon.
Those who are coming this year need to make sure their deposits have been sent. $150 per person and $500 first deposit for October.

Looks like we will have over 20 plays this year to choose from with many wonderful stars. The 12+new musicals look outstanding with the variety of themes and stars. Almost every previous show has come down in price if anyone missed any of the recent great hits they will be available next June.

The changes since our meeting last month would be these:
1. Round trip using SWA from Newark this year.
2. Monday return would be the early afternoon flight instead of the evening.
3. Group farewell breakfast on a Monday then a relaxed checkout and go right to Newark.
4. We have the hotel socials every evening including the day of arrival at 5PM
5. We have the theater discussion socials in the two parks near the hotel in both the early morning and early afternoon for those that want to talk theater.
6. The meet and greets will be set up with our May Tours meeting for any show and any star anyone is interested in.
7. Our January meeting will make the group discount decisions for the 5-6 shows we see as a group this year. All the single ticket purchasing of shows will be done after that.
8. TV shows, museums, indoor tours are great for rainy weather at the last minute. All the big new tours that are outdoor and require lots of walking can be worked in with Uber and cabs if needed. We basically can do the entire trip for many by staying in a five-block radius of our hotel but everyone is free to fly their own wings and reach out and ask for help too.
9. Friday/Saturday late night options can be discussed and finalized at both the January and May meetings. The parades, neighborhood fairs, all the big celebrity events can easily be added to the planning charts when we work out the final details at the May meeting or any of the extra help sessions held in Saint Louis.

If anyone has any other questions I am available. Jim Braibish has set up our website and Facebook for 2019. All the good work that Maury Pepper did last year will still be used this year.

Douglas Nickle is my “helper” this year. If you did not meet Doug at the September meeting he is 65 and retired. He will try to fill the shoes of my three wonderful helpers last year Colleen, Tammy and Maury.
Doug will be keeping the financial records for our trip up to date at our Overland offices but please keep sending deposits to
1011 North Clay Kirkwood Mo 63122.

Every day I get Facebook reminders from my ten years on Facebook with so many amazing friends who have become part of my soul, part of my story as a child of God embracing hope and healing through the process of forming a culture community of compassion. If you are reading this email you have shared a piece of that journey with me and I remain grateful to you.

Since my first visit to New York in 1967 I experienced God there. That high intense energy I felt and experienced in New York seemed divine to me as a “child of 17”. I love to see so many people helping each other and being kind to each other in their own special way. It still inspires me.

Every time I write, produce, direct or star in a play or help create an adventure or a memory with any group of others, I experience God’s Grace becoming released into the community.

It continues to give me so much hope for the future especially for my children and grandchildren.

Grainne and I continue to enjoy our grandkids and look forward to seeing many of you at local shows and in New York.

God bless

Joe
PS If anyone needs the September meeting handouts emailed to them we can send them out. We have plenty of the color posters we made for both ADULT GROUPS, FAMILIES, and HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE KIDS TOO.

29/01/2018

There is still time to join the 2018 NYC trip! See more details on the trip arrangements: https://dahlemnycadventure.weebly.com/trip_details.html

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