Posted on 05/23/2021 6:12:47 AM PDT by deport
LOL
Well, I guess if she was a leftist, she was not a godless leftist. That quote certainly resonates well for courageous conservatives, at any rate.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_in_My_Darkness
Readers were divided by those impressed by her faith and those disappointed that the famous deafblind activist advocated Swedenborgianism rather than a more “mainstream” religion.
My parent’s house where I lived there for many years in Glenview, Il not very far from a large Swedenborg compound.
Different, but not all that different.
Interesting.
It was a death race.
In USA tradition, any finisher of an ultra marathon (100+miles) gets a belt buckle. Many of these races have special belt buckles for multiple finishes, breaking a time barrier.
They even have an elusive “grand slam”. Finishing specific, multiple races, with extra bragging if accomplished in a single season.
They are an eclectic bunch, though no single stereotype would pigeon hole the entire group. Many appear as non-runner types.
The craziest thing to me, is that most races, the majority of the field finishes.
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