[Magdalen] Glue that Holds.

[Juli Tarsney]

Speaking of glue, this may be my all-time favorite quotation - from Eugene
O'Neill: “Man is born broken. He lives by mending. The grace of God is
glue.”


On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 10:01 AM, Charles Wohlers <
charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:

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> -----Original Message----- From: Cantor03--- via Magdalen
> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2015 10:39 AM
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> Subject: [Magdalen] Glue that Holds.
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> My father (1880-1958) used to describe a number of phenomena
> with the phrase (-----) is the glue that holds (-----) together.  He  would
> apply it to the week or two this time of the year when temperatures  hover
> at their lowest ebb.  That appears to be the case here in NE   Pennsylvania
> USA right now and the week is thus the glue that holds the rest  of the
> year
> together.  This weather has very little other merit.  It will be  around
> zero F.
> here this evening.  I'm happy I don't have to get out in it.
>
> I suppose there is one redeeming feature about the weather:  it's  always
> colder somewhere else.  For example, the USDA Climate Zone 3b  north
> of Minneapolis in Wisconsin and Minnesota - my ancestral home -
> usually has two weeks of 24 hour totally below zero F, during which  there
> are often real temperatures of -30F or colder.
>
> I don't miss that!
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> Even here in northern Vermont it doesn't get that cold - we're zone 4.
> Howsomever, it is predicted to get down to -21 tonight, which is close to
> as cold as it gets all winter. Even back in Mass., the predicted low is -3,
> which is really cold for there - most years it never gets below zero.
> Prayers that the furnace down there (steam heat) will hold out and I don't
> get a call from the freeze alarm, along with possible frozen pipes, etc.
>
> Hope y'all keep warm!
>
> Chad Wohlers
> huddled by the woodstove in snowy
> Woodbury, VT USA
> chadwohl at satucket.com
>