[Magdalen] Brrrrr...

[Charles Wohlers]

I accompanied Lee to St. Peter's, Lyndonville, where she did supply this AM. 
Temperature, according to the car, bounced between 0 and -2 on the way over, 
with lots of wind. Attendance was 12; 18 is more typical there. Went out to 
lunch with two parishioners after. Right now it's -11 here and still quite 
windy.

And, for all of you who. like me, might be getting a bit tired of the 
continued unusually cold weather, I was recently reminded of this poem: 
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/174348

Keep warm, however you might do that!

Chad Wohlers
Woodbury, VT USA
chadwohl at satucket.com



-----Original Message----- 
From: Grace Cangialosi
Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 7:28 PM
To: Magdalen
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Brrrrr...

Well, the service went on this morning after all, and 9 hardy souls ventured 
out for it. The lay pastoral leader told me they usually have 6 or 7, maybe 
10, if it's a special day. Reminded me of one of my old churches.  The 
church was cold, mainly because of the incredibly high wind, and I was glad 
for the silk long underwear I had on.

One thing I did was to give them the opportunity to sing three hymns from 
"Lift Every Voice." The priest who usually does the monthly Eucharist 
doesn't like that hymnal and won't use it.  So I picked three hymns they 
knew and accompanied them on their new digital YAMAHA piano. I think they 
were glad for that.

About halfway home, aided by the heater in my car, my hands and feet finally 
thawed out!

On February 15, 2015, at 6:42 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> 
wrote:

This Southern girl is in Wilmington, DE.  Our weather is similar to
Christopher's.  This morning it was 7F actual, -15 wind chill.  Right now
it is 12F, wind chis 0.  We have been warm all day thanks to long underwear
and layering and the joy of Ginny and Barbie's wedding.  To wonderful for
words to describe.

We head home tomorrow, leaving very early.  Praying we will miss the snow
that is coming into DE, MD, DC, and VA.  We want to get to NC by Noon.

Ginga

On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 8:52 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Charlottesville is the local garden spot this mourning with a wind chill
> factor of -7! Other area places go as low as -15.  Ridiculous!!
> I'm supposed to do a service out in the boonies at 11. (Literal
> boonies.....the church is in Boonesville!)
> It's a relatively elderly congregation, so I'm half-expecting a call
> canceling the service.
>
> And my pipes are frozen again; I forgot to leave the faucets dripping...