[nfbwatlk] Veterans' Day

[Alco Canfield]

Thank you for sending this, Jedi.

There was a really good program tonight on Channel Nine called The Way We Get By or How We Get By.  Anyway, these elderly veterans and their relatives go to the airport and welcome veterans home who land at Bangor, Maine before proceeding on.  They go out at all hours of the night and day.

Eighty-three-yearuold Bill has outlived his family and friends, has had to downsize because he can't manage the farm physically or moneetarily, and has to put down the dog he has had for fifteen years, Mr. Flanagan.

What keeps this man going is greeting returning veterans.  He said in the film that his life doesn't mean much to him, that he has outlived his usefulness, but that as long as his life means something to someone, he has a purpose to live.  Oh, and did I add, he is dying of cancer?

You can probably watch it at pbs_org/pov.

Wonderful, sad, beautiful, thought-provoking show!

Alco

-----Original Message-----
From: Lauren Merryfield <lauren1 at catliness.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 10:26 PM
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Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Veterans' Day

Hi,
Thanks for sending that one.  It even worked on my computer.  Yea!!
Thanks
Lauren
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jedi" <loneblindjedi at samobile.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 10:08 PM
Subject: [nfbwatlk] Veterans' Day


> Listers:
>
> Today is November 11. We celebrate today in honor of our veterans and 
> those currently in the armed forces. While you celebrate our heroes here 
> and abroad, I thought you might appreciate this song from Terry Kelly, a 
> blind musician from Canada who visited the federation during the 2001 
> National Convention. It's a beautiful piece entitled "A Pittance of Time." 
> You can find it here at the link below.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kX_3y3u5Uo
>
> Respectfully,
> Jedi
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