[Magdalen] this morning at the Eucharist

[Jay Weigel]

Well.......we wore navy or dark green, or later on bright blue or bright
green sweaters with it, so there so now!


On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 12:39 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Jay... Black Watch Plaid is not BLUE AND GREEN, you know in the way it was
> when it became trend... <DGR>
>
> All plaid is beautiful... I think.
> Lynn, fabric maven and fabricholic / hoarder
>
> 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
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Jay Weigel" <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> Sent: Friday, November 20, 2015 11:34 AM
>
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] this morning at the Eucharist
>
> Black Watch plaid, which became popular during my late high school years,
>> put paid to that notion.
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Marion Thompson <
>> marionwhitevale at gmail.com
>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>
>> '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
>>>>
>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>