Theos-Talk Archives (August 1997 Message tl00149)

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> From: ramadoss@eden.com
> Subject: Re: Battle between paper and cyber version
> Date: Tuesday, August 05, 1997 9:01 AM
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> At 09:22 AM 8/5/97 -0400, A. Safron wrote:
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> >When I contacted them, they sent me a very nice magazine that Gerda
> >promptly confiscated after I'd read it.  Apparently, they have have no
> >Lodges in Chicago, but travel to Detroit to have Lodge meetings.
> >
> >A. Safron
> 
> Very very interesting. 
> 
> I wonder what made Gerda do what she did. 

Probably curriosity.
> 
> At this time, the only lodge that I know of in Chicago area is the one
> controlled by Frenchmen(with a sprinkling of Frenchwomen) and it is in Wheaton.

Doss, the Co-Masons have been chasing me for 25 years.  When I was in my
twenties, I had no money for the fees and no car to get to Wheaton.  Twenty
years later, they were ready to initiate me when I backed out.  I couldn't see
myself traveling those dark roads from Wheaton to Chicago, around 1 am,  which
is when the meetings let out.

I've realized that Olcott's Co-Masonry is basically for those who live there or
nearby.  If you have a burning desire to practice Masonry, you'll make
the sacrifice and drive the distance.  

After 24 years of driving, I'm burnt out.  My husband is legally blind and
I have driven him wherever he wants.  When my mother came to live upstairs
from me, she never learned to drive and I drove here anywhere she wanted,
especially when her health was failing.  Who drove me?  Me.  I have been sick
as a dog and driven myself to the doc because their simply is no one else.
Driving?  I do it a little as possible.  For me, a trip on a bus is a big treat.

A. Safron