[Magdalen] Update on Scott the Younger

[Joseph Cirou]

But that was before she took her Ukrainian lessons. Remember her secular
name was Putyj La Belle (Her father lived in the French speaking enclave of
Mu and her mother was born in whatever part of Little Russia her big
brother wasn't claiming that second. (g)

Mother Ste Folitesse, amanuense

On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 2:03 AM, Georgia DuBose <gdubose at gmail.com> wrote:

> One always knew Mother Egregia was actually Mary Poppins, another
> interplanetary religious visitor.
>
> Dame Eutrapelia
>
> On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 8:48 PM, Joseph Cirou <romanos at mindspring.com>
> wrote:
> > Where will you put his faldstool?
> >
> > Mother Egregia always carries a portable version in her oversize purse
> >
> > ???
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 10:21 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Amen! Wise counsel...thank you, Jim.
> >>
> >> Glad to say I said no to helping work on the parish newsletter, which
> >> has been revived and the first new issue is really good (I need to get
> >> them to send it to me for the website, which I still haven't
> >> unloaded). I think I surprised the clergy and editor by swiftly
> >> reacting to an email about ideas for the next issue...I just wanted my
> >> "no" to be as early as possible. Can't believe there isn't another
> >> writer/editor type who could work on that.
> >>
> >> I'm working on offloading things that are already stressing me out
> >> weeks before they happen. Scott the Younger a couple months ago worked
> >> with our rector to get our Benedictine community's abbot invited to
> >> speak at our church in early October. Scott went ahead and bought the
> >> abbot his plane ticket on my credit card (oh, $300, no problem at
> >> all?), but what really stresses me is the prospect of hosting him in
> >> our apartment for four days (or even two). My therapist has already
> >> helped me think through the talk I need to have with Scott about
> >> exactly how we're going to do this and whether it can really be a
> >> pleasant stay for the abbot. Of course, if I were he I'd want a
> >> spartan but quiet hotel room closer to the church, with no cats and an
> >> always-available bathroom and no three stories of steps. And we rarely
> >> cook for ourselves; will we take up cooking for the abbot? I don't
> >> have the days off, either. Then there's the convocation in November in
> >> Houston, which I'm lukewarm about attending, and lots of recent
> >> expenses means I'm thinking of saving some money and not going to
> >> Houston. Need to have this discussion pronto. At least by my next
> >> therapy appointment on Tuesday. :)
> >>
> >> On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 7:59 PM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > But one piece of advice: withdraw, for awhile, from any activities
> that
> >> also
> >> > stress you out. I realize one can’t do that with the job so much, but
> >> > anything else -- including church -- may require you to beg off or say
> >> "no" (which I
> >> > know you've had problems doing). They will understand and they will
> get
> >> along
> >> > without you for a few weeks. And so will anyone else who cares one
> whit
> >> for your
> >> > health. Take the time for yourself, and avoid situations where the
> >> stress in your
> >> > personal life boils over in front of others, or worse, ends up
> directed
> >> at
> >> > them.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Scott R. Knitter
> >> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
> >>
>