[Magdalen] this morning at the Eucharist

[Marion Thompson]

'Blue and green
Should never be seen.'

I eventually decided that they can be very nice together and adjusted 
accordingly.

Marion, a pilgrim

On 11/20/2015 11:54 AM, Lynn Ronkainen wrote:
> 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
>
> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>
> 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 
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