[Magdalen] Who turned the heating off?

[Lynn Ronkainen]

I think he may have done a stint here in TX some years ago as well...
Lynn

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From: "Jon Egger" <revegger at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2014 2:59 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Who turned the heating off?

> 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
>> >>
>> >>
>>