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http://blogs.sun.com/katysblog/date/20070913 Thursday September 13, 2007

Madeleine L'Engle dies at 88

I was sad to read that writer Madeleine L'Engle died this month. When I was a girl, I read L'Engle's classic A Wrinkle in Time at least a dozen times. The EpiscopalLife Online story from 7 September says she wrote more than 60 books and includes the quote:

    "In times when we are not particularly suffering, we do not have enough time for God," she said. "We are too busy with other things. And then the intense suffering comes, and we can not be busy with other things. And then God comes into the equation. Help. And we should never be afraid of crying out, ‘Help!' I need all the help I can get."

When Meg from A Wrinkle in Time sets out to travel through time and space to save her little brother Charles, she became the first young heroine I could believe in.

Posted at 09:47AM Sep 13, 2007 by katysblog in News & Reviews  | 

In Memory of Phil Rosenzweig

Phil Rosenzweig was a teammate who was among the victims killed in the crash of American Airlines Flight 11 at the World Trade Center in New York City on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. One of Phil's several memorials at Sun campuses is near the Menlo Park building where I work. On September 11th each year, Phil's black bench under a willow tree bears flowers (and sometimes his favorite cookies). Here is the flag at half mast for Phil in front of Sun's Santa Clara clock tower building today:


Sun flag at half mast, Santa Clara CA photo: copyright 2007 John Plocher

We miss you, Phil.

Image Copyright 2007 by John Plocher

Posted at 12:14AM Sep 13, 2007 by katysblog in News & Reviews  |