[Magdalen] Who turned the heating off?

[Grace Cangialosi]

The wind blew the outside storm door of the sacristy open and tore off the closer at the bottom.

> On Nov 2, 2014, at 8:51 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Roger, I think some of our Canadian brethren have left a door open
> somewhere! It was also blowing eight bells hereabouts in northern Virginia.
> 
> On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 8:41 PM, ROGER STOKES <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> It mus t have dropped 30 degrees overnight.  When the weather forecast
>> says the expected high for the day was recorded justr after midnight
>> Something Has Happened.  The weather yesterday was decidedly not clement,
>> especially when the sky started leaking as well. This meant my sightseeing
>> was decidedly limited. I did enquire at reception about a bus into town but
>> was advised to drive.  Given the weather and what I heard today about some
>> people waiting for a bus that never showed that was probably a wise
>> choice.  The most interesting part of yesterday was looking at the covered
>> market and a venture to the peanut store where I grazed and bought some
>> Christmas gifts.
>> 
>> Today the weather was decidedly better.  It was dry and the sun shone,
>> both of which were good things. I had decided to attend the main service at
>> Grace Episcopal, for which I arrived in good time.  The Rector spotted my
>> collar and greeted me before the service, which was a confirmation
>> conducted by Bishop John Buchanan but with the Rector preaching. I
>> explained that I had presided and preached last weekend at Summerville,
>> then pointing out that it had been at Good Shepherd rather than elsewhere.
>> 
>> I had arranged to have lunch with Capers and her husband Walter at a
>> nearby frestaurant.  That was a good meeting and a good chat about various
>> things which revealed that our thinking is very closely aligned on matters
>> ecclesiastical and medical, Capers being a hospital chaplain and Walter an
>> ER doctor. The weather also came up as Walter had been enjoying the warmth
>> at a meeting in Chicago until Thursday morning when he left - ahead of the
>> snow.
>> 
>> After we went our separate ways as Walter had to go to work I did enjoy a
>> wander round Charleston including being able to see across the water from
>> Waterfront Park, something which had been impossible yesterday.  The area
>> around where I am staying is pretty well devoid of reasonable places to
>> dine so I headed back into town this evening to a bar I had found
>> yesterday.  As I ordered my meal a couple of younger (to me) women appeared
>> and one observed that I do not have an American accent.  They are a couple
>> of Brits over here doing some training so we had a good old chat which
>> certainly improved the evening for me, and I hope for them as I was the
>> first Brit (apart from the Brother of one of them) they had encountered in
>> the month they have been here so far.
>> 
>> After two days of relatively short trips a longer run awaits tomorrow as I
>> notch up another state, though not one electing a senator this year.
>> Talking with Sharon and Emma this evening, and some comments I have heard
>> from Americans while I have been over here, I wonder how well many
>> Americans know their own country.  Certainly I understand I have seen more
>> of the USA than some Americans have and Sharon was saying that US series
>> that havemade it across the pond are not necessarily that well-known in
>> their home country.
>> 
>> Roger
>> 
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