[Magdalen] Who turned the heating off?

[Jon Egger]

Our former diocesan, +John Buchanan, has been active in several dioceses.
Some of us waited until +BRHowe was the diocesan before beginning our
discernment.  No accounting for taste, YMMV, but he was not the most
pastoral bishop; hopefully he's mellowed with the years.

+++
Grace & peace,
jon


On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 9:26 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> >>
> >>
>