Anna Kramer wrote this page for the Newsletter:
Sometimes pictures are exciting enough to get attention. And just for the mathematicians out there, 925 million people is just a tad short of a billion, or one sixth of the world population. My mother's generation and the people of Holland remember the starving times. We can stop this, if we make enough noise. It's not impossible to do. It just takes the will.
Oxfam America Speak out site
With so many things out of our control because of poverty of spirit among rich and greedy people who run things, this is a good project to get involved in.
Every little bit helps.
Today is my mother's birthday. With her skills as a small property farmer and as a seamstress, she kept her children fed and clothed. Happy Birthday, Mom. I love you wherever you are now.
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Working my way through the thicket of the American political scene. I am trying to not put any of that up on this blog EVER again. Meh!