[Magdalen] this morning at the Eucharist

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Sibyl:   I was told not to wear blue and green together


(assuming this was during your growing up years?)  Perhaps that is why in 
the 70s that color combo became SO IN YOUR FACE in clothes and home dec 
stuff... My mom was addicted!  My sister and I still talk about mom's 
addiction to that color scheme... I mostly escaped it having left home in 
'70 for college, but it lingered for decades...

L

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When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck
 "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
by Richard Rohr

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From: "Sibyl Smirl" <polycarpa3 at ckt.net>
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2015 8:56 AM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] this morning at the Eucharist

> And keeping those seams straight was a major big deal.  I don't know about 
> the "certain reputation", but apparently if your seams weren't straight, 
> you got a reputation as a slattern.
>    I was told not to wear blue and green together, but everyone else 
> _did_, and I liked the combination, and print fabrics that used both. 
> Years later, my own beloved aunt and I were in a cafeteria together, and 
> she began to tap on my arm and subtly point and act as if she saw 
> something scandalous.  I couldn't figure it out, and later in private when 
> she wouldn't have to whisper, turned out she was trying to indicate a 
> young woman wearing a green shirt with blue jeans (which I'd always 
> figured was an exception anyway -- blue jeans went with practically 
> anything above).  My aunt's behavior implied that certain reputation, 
> indicated by what the woman was wearing.
>
>
> On 11/20/15 8:00 AM, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
>> LOL, Esther!
>> I remember wanting to wear seamless stockings, but my mother said those 
>> were for women of a certain reputation...
>> So was shaving your legs, until she found out that her beloved aunt 
>> shaved hers! After that, it was OK.  I was in 10th grade.
>>
>> On November 20, 2015, at 8:11 AM, Esther Williamson <momohl1 at cox.net> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> You and me both, Grace! And - I wore stockings with seams up the back.
>>
>> Esther
>>
>> On 11/19/2015 8:52 PM, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
>>> Well, I am old enough to have worn them, and I am glad those days are 
>>> past...!
>>>
>>>> On Nov 19, 2015, at 7:41 PM, Roger Stokes 
>>>> <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 19/11/2015 22:03, Jon Egger wrote:
>>>>> I was deaconing a service with an unnamed priest.  At the start of the
>>>>> Sursum Corda: "Lift up your hips..."
>>>> I am old enough to recall the days when ladies wore roll-on girdles 
>>>> which provided some support.
>>>>
>>>> Roger
>>
>
>
> -- 
> Sibyl Smirl
> I will take no bull from your house!  Psalms 50:9a
> mailto:polycarpa3 at ckt.net