[Magdalen] Itinerary (was Re: Quiet Pub)

[Grace Cangialosi]

Where is Raewynne now?

> On Dec 15, 2016, at 11:18 PM, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I too remember a listmeet in Swedesboro with Raewynne, probably the same
> one.
> 
> On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 2:32 PM, Charles Wohlers <
> charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
>> Raewynne was at Old Swede's in Swedesboro, NJ - not Wilmington, DE. I
>> remember a listmeet there, long ago ...
>> 
>> Chad Wohlers
>> buttoning up the house for the winter (it's windy out there!) in
>> East Bridgewater, MA USA
>> chadwohl at satucket.com
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message----- From: Jon Egger
>> Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2016 1:31 PM
>> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Itinerary (was Re: Quiet Pub)
>> 
>> 
>> Ginga, at GC2003, in Mpls, we got together for a big listmeet.  I bought a
>> mug for Old Swede's from someone. (Raewynne?) It is my favorite mug. :)
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 12:23 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> I don't know a lot about DE history, but I believe it was settled by Swedes
>>> early in 17th Century.  Not too many years later, it came under English
>>> control.  Believe DE was the first state.
>>> 
>>> The area is rich in history.
>>> 
>>> Ginga
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 12:57 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> One of my ancestors, a Captain Bryant McDonnell (or McDonald, spelling
>>>> being somewhat fluid in those days!) settled in that area around 1689.
>>>> He
>>>> had got on the wrong side of one of the wars of succession and >
>>> apparently
>>>> thought it more prudent to depart for the colonies, as indeed it proved
>>> to
>>>> be.
>>>> 
>>>> On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 12:49 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Our daughter, Ginny+ is priest in charge of Holy Trinity, Old Swedes,
>>>>> Wilmington, DE.  The building in a National Historic Place, build in
>>>> 1698.
>>>>> First Swedish Lutheran, then Dutch Reformed, then Church of England,
>>> and
>>>>> following Revolutionary War, Episcopal.  The windows show Jesus as
>>> really
>>>>> blond and blue-eyed.
>>>>> 
>>>>> FWIW,
>>>>> Ginga
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 12:27 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Perren Hayes is in Lewes, DE, which is a very early settlement. Nice
>>> to
>>>>>> visit in summer, but probably not now. I was offered a travel
>>>> assignment
>>>>>> there which would have been summer-early fall. I still regret not
>>>> taking
>>>>>> it!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 12:21 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Southern Rhode Island and Connecticut are very beautiful (although
>>> we
>>>>>> tend
>>>>>>> not to tell people ... keep sending them to the Cape). The first
>>> half
>>>>> of
>>>>>>> the train ride from Boston to New York is a revelation.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Maine is like another universe and is lots more like Canada than
>>> the
>>>>> USA
>>>>>>> (for many reasons). You still see bedsheets hung on porches (in
>>>> hunting
>>>>>>> season) with inked messages: animals dressed, five cents a pound.
>>> You
>>>>> can
>>>>>>> drive for miles&miles without seeing more than a village or two, a
>>>>> couple
>>>>>>> of farms.The coast, of course, is mostly summer people. Winter
>>>>> caretakers
>>>>>>> this time of year, a few lobstermen. Even the bears are
>>> hibernating.
>>>>>>> -M
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 5:27 AM, Roger Stokes <
>>>>>>> roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On 15/12/2016 01:26, Judy Fleener wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> I see you are taking the southern route this time.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I thought of the weather. The states I haven't been in yet
>>> included
>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> likes of Utah, Nevada and South Dakota to the West or the
>>>>> North-eastern
>>>>>>>> ones like Maine, Connecticut and (perhaps surprisingly) Rhode
>>>> Island.
>>>>>>>> Driving there did not seem appealing at this time of year.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Roger
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> If no one has told you that they love you today,
>> let me be the first.
>> brud
> 
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