[Magdalen] Christmas Day

[Kate Conant]

Jay,

I'm so glad you like the cookbook. You're welcome!

Christ is born!  Glorify Him!

Kate

"What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and walk
humbly with your God?"
Micah 6:8

On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 12:16 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Quiet day here for us too. We just finished a brunch of coconut blueberry
> pancakes with bacon (Christmas being a "free day" for us) after opening
> presents. I received lovely presents from my sweet S/O, including some
> genealogy-oriented books *and* a DNA test kit from Family Tree, which is
> supposed to be the best one out there, plus Yotam Ottolenghi's "Jerusalem
> Cookbook" which I have been coveting for some time.
>
> Also opened my listgiv, which is a wonderful book of recipes called "Olives
> & Oranges", a compendium from the Mediterranean area including Cyprus.
> Thank you, Kate Conant! I will be reading recipes this afternoon and trying
> hard not to drool on the books.
>
> My listgiv will be on its way Monday as the P.O. is apparently closed
> tomorrow. :-(  It goes to the northeast but not *too* far.
>
> Jay, full of pancakes and Christmas spirit
>
>
>
> On Friday, December 25, 2015, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > A quiet day for me.  Lovely.  Thoughtful gifts to enjoy, including an
> > Orthodox-looking vigil light for my prayer corner, a cross and votive
> > candle from St Peter's Cathedral, Salzburg, and, totally unexpected, a
> pair
> > of shiny red gloves (that match my red shoes and boots) from one of our
> > marginalized parishioners.   She's always knitting and I thought it'll
> be a
> > washcloth or something.  Oh tears!
> >
> > Last night's service went as well as we could make it, but, geez, our
> > P-i-C has the liturgical sense of a turnip and will not be moved.  Who
> else
> > would refuse to wear a cope on these occasions? So when we accompany him
> > around the altar when he censes it at the start, there is no reason for
> us
> > to traipse around with him, although we do, fufilling the now-nominal
> roles
> > of deacon and sub-deacon.  When will he dispense with our services
> > altogether, I wonder?  Who else refuses to stand behind the altar  when
> he
> > should be there?  Or is rooted there when he should be elsewhere?  He
> > wouldn't let me bring the book in procession to the creche for him to
> read
> > from.  It's all too 'fancy' for him, he said, happy to do it from his
> > bulletin.  But what about us??????? We are an Anglo-Catholic parish, much
> > as he would deny it.   His homily was blessedly short and as dull as
> ever.
> >  It would be a blessing to him and to us if he could allow the mystery to
> > enfold him and feed his senses and fire his imagination.  Aaaargh!
> >
> > My son and his partner are coming tomorrow for a couple of days, so I've
> > got stuff to do around here to ready the spare room.  Nice. And I've got
> > this Sunday off.  Yippee!
> >
> > Marion, a pilgrim
> >
> >
> >
>