[Magdalen] Thanksgivings Past.

[Joseph Cirou]

On one of my many driving vacations with my parents about 60 or more years
ago, we stopped at a nice looking place,and espied a blank snake simply
lolling on the ground. "Oh that's our pet snake. He won't hurt you." We
didn't stay there.

Then many years later, I stayed I a wonderful western home on the grounds
of a ranch. The man said, "Be sure to close the door, unless you want the
snakes to visit you." I closed the door, Lady the German Shepherd didn't
bark. No critters in sight when we went for our morning walk. I still
remember the sign--Such and such a city (forget which) Pop. 19. It was way
off the beaten bath in Nevada

Joe

On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 2:25 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Bats were one of the at/distractions at the Sunday Evensong services at
> St. Andrews in Ann Arbor when I was in college. It was a great space for
> swooping up and down the aisle!
>
> > On Nov 30, 2014, at 10:02 AM, "Charles Wohlers" <
> charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:
> >
> > Well, the one time we went to All Saints, Ashmont (an evening service),
> there were bats flying around. A bit of a distraction.
> >
> > Chad Wohlers
> > Woodbury, VT USA
> > chadwohl at satucket.com
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message----- From: James Oppenheimer-Crawford
> > Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2014 12:22 AM
> > To: Magdalen at herberthouse.org
> > Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Thanksgivings Past.
> >
> > It's a bit distressing to think of mice running around in your church,
> but
> > it is -- in a way -- a nice touch.  Those tiny little things were able to
> > have their own little thanksgiving celebration. Mice are so tiny, it's a
> > wonder that something that tiny can function. Same with the tiny birds!!
> >
> > James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> > *“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things
> better
> > for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your
> time
> > on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente
> >
> > On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 8:02 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> David, your description of the Thanksgivng decorations at church made me
> >> smile at a more recent memory. The mountain church where I was vicar for
> >> 9years had a similar custom of decorating with gourds, Indian corn, etc.
> >> for the Thanksgiving Eve service. Decorations were placed across the
> stone
> >> re redid at the back of the stone altar and along the communion rail.
> Since
> >> the woman who did it worked so hard at it, I let it all remain through
> >> Sunday, even though the colors clashed a bit with the Advent hangings!
> >> One year I came in on Sunday morning to discover that mice had eaten
> most
> >> of the Indian corn, leaving neat cobs right where they had been and a
> >> scattering of kernels on the altar! It only happened that one year, for
> >> some reason...
> >>
> >> > On Nov 27, 2014, at 2:53 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> >> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > I was remembering this morning so many Thanksgivings from the past.
> >> >
> >> > For so many years in West Central Wisconsin, I would do the three
> piece
> >> > suit and go down to the traditional Choral Eucharist at the local
> Christ
> >> > Church
> >> > Cathedral at 10 AM.  They had developed a tradition of decorating  the
> >> > high altar with colorful gourds, pumpkins, corn, apples, grapes, etc.
> -
> >> the
> >> > produce of the autumn harvest.  This could be trite, but it was >
> actually
> >> > really well done.  Even the high altar Tabernacle (front and center
> >> where
> >> > a Tabernacle should be!) was banked with this decor.
> >> >
> >> > Then I remember the 8 Thanksgivings I spent with my Aunt Helen in
> >> > Chicago, and the fun of taking the Badger Bus to the North Shore RR
> >> > Terminal in Milwaukee, and thence down to Howard Street and on foot
> >> > over to Ashland just at the city limits.  Thanksgiving dinner was at
> my
> >> > Aunt Nora's in Monee, just at the Indiana line, and via the "IC", the
> >> > Illinois Central Railway - another fun excursion.
> >> >
> >> > Then the Black Friday in the Loop and riding the packed escalators
> >> > in Marshall Field's and taking in the wonderful windows of the main
> >> > store on State Street.  Aunt Helen had to work at the Lee  Gilbert
> >> > Jewelry store on South Michigan Ave., so I was on my own.
> >> >
> >> > The Sunday for me was initially at the grand First Methodist Church
> >> > in Evanston, and then eventually at the cavernous Saint Luke's
> >> > Episcopal in that City.
> >> >
> >> > Such fond memories.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > David Strang - who wouldn't be able to dress up in a three piece suit
> > if
> >> >                      I  wanted to at this time.
> >
>