[Magdalen] Homeward Bound

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Roger I have so enjoyed your chatty and lovely commentary on this year's 
travels!  Safe journey home!

I'm not a southerner by birth so I can't be sure but I think y'all is both 
singular *and* plural, AND... 'all y'all' is also not only plural but good 
for large groups as well.<GDR>

Lynn

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When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck

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ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is 
leaning against the wrong wall."

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From: "ROGER STOKES" <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2014 3:54 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Homeward Bound

> There's only one of me and I though y'all was plural.  I didn't quite 
> triple the starting mileage on the rental car but I did drive 3,462 miles 
> in total and have safely delivered the car back to the Rental Car Center 
> in Atlanta.  Having plenty of time today I put in a slight diversion to 
> McDonough GA in honour of Joan's family and then a trip to Dekalb county 
> whhich is pretty as promised.
>
> Currently I am waiting for check-in to open so I can check in my case and 
> head for security so I can relax properly ahead of my flight being called. 
> just as when I arrived in America the incoming flight left late but it 
> appears it is encountering better winds as it looks currently as it it 
> might arrive early.
>
> On my drive I encountered something I had not seen before in the USA - a 
> roundabout which I remembered to go round counter-clockwise. Tomorrow I 
> will find out if I can still drive a car with a stick-shift, and remember 
> to drive on the left :-) Slight pausen there to recover my car and 
> apartment keys from my case so I don't need to do that tomorrow.
>
> This morning's weather reminded me of England, apart from still being 
> warm, overcase and a rain shower but now the clouds have blown away. 
> Tomorrow I am being offered about 52 degrees and showers :-(
>
> Roger
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
> To: Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Sent: Thursday, November 6, 2014 4:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Homeward Bound
>
>
> Roger, I agree with Grace.  Your words are lovely.  I enjoyed meeting you
> and having you preside at Eucharist and preach at The Episcopal Church of
> the Good Shepherd, Summerville.  I do apologize for and am still mortified
> by two of our normally polite and appropriate parishioners three cornbread
> down the table when we dined.  I've never been to a dinner party where 
> that
> happened. Of course, I don't get out much.  Anyway, it's a story for you 
> to
> tell your cronies in UK.
>
> Safe travels and happy landing in your retirement.  And, y'all come back,
> y'hear.
>
> Ginga
>
> On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 9:57 PM, ROGER STOKES 
> <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
> wrote:
>
>> A few minutes ago I checked in, via the internet, for my flight back to
>> the UK tomorrow evening. Two years ago I came to the USA on my "trip of a
>> lifetime".  (Hollow laugh)  On three trips I have met a number of you 
>> face
>> to face and been in 21 states, plus DC.  On this trip a couple of people
>> have said I have seen more of their country than they have and I have
>> certainly done some driving (a bit over 2,900 miles so far). If travel
>> broadens the mind then I may have difficulty getting my hats on when I 
>> get
>> home :-)
>>
>> On this trip I have been asked how I am enjoying retirement, a question I
>> cannot answer because I had precisely one day between my last service and
>> heading to the airport for this trip. I have also spent nearly as much 
>> time
>> over here as I have in my retirement apartment (18 nights there and this 
>> is
>> night 16 of my trip).  There are many wonderful places in this world, not
>> all of them well-known or famous.  Those less familiar places are where
>> most of us live and the marvel of this medium of communication is that we
>> ordinary folk can chat, share and laugh about life as we see and 
>> experience
>> it.
>>
>> I thank God that the wit of mankind has provided us with this means of
>> individuals communicating directly with others rather than relying on 
>> "the
>> great and the good" to say what they think should be said.  I have long
>> thought that there is more understanding of what really matters at the
>> grass-roots of society than there is among the leaders of our nations.
>> Perhaps we need a real democracy where the demos, the people, rule the
>> roost.
>>
>> God alone knows why I have written this stream of consciousness.  If you
>> are still reading, thank you. I am profoundly grateful for the way that 
>> we
>> can share our ideas without then being coloured by our personal 
>> appearance
>> so that mind can speak to mind. For those I have met another dimension 
>> has
>> been added to our knowledge of each other.  May God grant us all the 
>> grace
>> and the time to continue to learn form and with each other.
>>
>> Roger
>>
>>