[Magdalen] Quiet Pub

Jay Weigel jay.weigel at gmail.com
Fri Dec 16 20:54:09 UTC 2016


This makes how many, Susan? Are you back to 6, or is it more now? I know
you lost Minou and one other and adopted Phineas and Esteban, but I've lost
track.

On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 3:05 PM, Susan Hagen <susanvhagen at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm here.  I've spent a lot of the past week helping Cat's Cradle, the
> cat rescue group I volunteer for, with their move to new quarters.
> Our main building has been sold and we had only a short time to make
> other arrangements which are far from ideal.  I'm very tired, cold and
> achy from the exertion on top of my usual seasonal affective disorder
> and fibromyalgia.
>
> I intend to do as little as possible for Christmas activities.  I
> think I can get the few packages I have to send wrapped and ready to
> mail this weekend and handle most of the rest of my list with the
> wonderful gouda from Our Lady of Angels monastery in Crozet Virginia.
> http://www.olamonastery.org/cheese-making/.  Everyone I've ever given
> it to has asked for more and I do recommend it to anyone who doesn't
> like to shop and wants to support a good cause.  You can't order
> online but you can print and mail an order form.  By now it's too late
> for Christmas delivery but cheese tastes good in January or February
> too.
>
> I have declined the kind and usually welcome invitation up to Md. to
> spend the holiday with friends.  I'll go to church Christmas Eve and
> probably buy something good for dinner but that will be about it.  I
> missed an Advent Lessons and Carols service I did want to attend
> because I ended up adopting one of the last remaining kitties and
> taking her home with me last Sunday.  She is a 6 year old brown
> tabby/torbie girl cat named Jillian.  She was with us because her
> owner died and I hated to see her go through any more upheavals.  She
> has already settled into my household pretty comfortably.
>
> Anyway, I just want the holidays done.  My thoughts and prayers will
> be with all of you friends.
>
> Susan
>
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 9:28 PM, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Am I missing something(s) or has the pub been unusually quiet for the
> last
> > couple of days? Not that I mind a little break this time of year and
> maybe
> > we're all in mourning for Margaret Guenther, but I just want to be sure
> I'm
> > still in touch with everyone here.
>
>
>
> --
> The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among
> you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the
> land of Egypt.
> Leviticus 19:34
>


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