[Magdalen] Duncan to retire

[Jay Weigel]

My mother always said that when people lose it, they become more like
themselves. This was certainly true of my dad, who became ever more picky
and meticulous. Mom, on the other hand, only got more sweet and gentle and
accepting of others.

On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 1:07 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> As we age, I have read, we become more and more like ourselves.
>
> I guess that's a kind of covert way of saying we hide our true selves, so
> that what one sees is only a sample, and as we age, we start thinking,
> "Aww, WTF? Who cares what I'm like? Let it all hang out!"
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 10:03 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I just saw an article saying that Bishop Duncan of Pittsburgh--founder of
> > the ACNA--is retiring. I hadn't realized that Mary Hayes, who is also
> > retiring, is his Canon to the Ordinary. She was one of our candidates for
> > Bishop Suffragan once long ago, in a galaxy far, far away. In fact, I was
> > one of the people who visited her at Trinity SM and then "shepherded" her
> > through the dog-and-pony-show process. She was conservative then, but
> > nothing like she was later.
>