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I give your son every bit of credit for volunteering to help with the well. That was a big job for 12 guys.
posted by
Goldiec
on July 26, 2022 at 5:10 AM
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looking forward to more of this story. ...of course Mark would be one of the first to volunteer. he was always such a lovely person as I knew him through your writing. Like Mama, like Son. Brave beautiful giving souls.
posted by
Kabu
on July 25, 2022 at 4:47 PM
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looking forward to more of this story. ...of course Mark would be one of the first to volunteer. he was always such a lovely person as I knew him through your writing. Like Mama, like Son. Brave beautiful giving souls.
posted by
Kabu
on July 25, 2022 at 4:47 PM
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I enjoy how you tell the stories as much as how Ribcage wrote them. Also, I think I remember when the water wells were dug. It may have been on the news.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on July 25, 2022 at 4:14 PM
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I admire people who are involved in well-digging for those developing communities. They're making the world a better place one village at a time.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on July 25, 2022 at 9:39 AM
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Good morning
I hope that you feel better. Your son was an amazing man. Volunteering is not for everyone, but people with good character are usually who you will find doing such humanitarian efforts for their community. 
posted by
Sherri_G
on July 25, 2022 at 8:04 AM
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Hearing you tell it is as good as copying out his letters! Both your voices are eloquent!
posted by
Ciel
on July 25, 2022 at 7:51 AM
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Re: I believe I know where your son got his warm and caring ways...
I wonder if Korean people do water witching. They already had the spot picked out by the time the fellows got there.
posted by
TAPS.
on July 25, 2022 at 5:39 AM
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Re: Adnohr
Yes. You are so right about that.
posted by
TAPS.
on July 25, 2022 at 5:35 AM
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I believe I know where your son got his warm and caring ways...
I wouldn't know how to dig a well, either, but I do remember in the long, long ago there was a man they called on to "witch" the best place to dig. He used a "Y" branch off a tree, holding onto the two shorter ends and pointing the long one straight ahead. It was supposedly a kind of tuning fork that would be pulled downward like iron to a magnet where the underground water was as he paced slowly.
posted by
Pat_B
on July 25, 2022 at 4:14 AM
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Your mind and your heart*
posted by
adnohr
on July 25, 2022 at 3:40 AM
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An amazing man, that Ribcage. I'm hoping that by writing these posts it is filling your ind and your heart with the warmest memories of him. I know when I remember things about my loved ones, it often brings tears to my eyes, but at the same time sweet feelings of how special they were. They seem to be there sharing it too.
posted by
adnohr
on July 25, 2022 at 3:38 AM
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