[Magdalen] Homing Pigeons.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

They guy had his priorities straight.

"Why should the devil get all the good tunes?" So he stole 'em.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Sun, Dec 25, 2016 at 4:29 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

>
> Good friends of ours in the MN Twin Cities moved to the Greenwich, CT
> area in June of 1956.  The couple was native to MN, but "took" to the  NE
> USA, and sang in a couple of the excellent Episcopal church choirs in
> Stamford and Greenwich for decades.  To my surprise, they  announced
> a year ago that they were moving "home" to the Twin Cities after 50
> (FIFTY)
> years in CT.  I should add that neither of their children live in the
> Midwest
> USA.
>
> Their Christmas card arrived yesterday, and they sound contented in  their
> condominium overlooking a small lake and wildlife area.  They  searched
> about for a suburban Episcopal church with a choir of the caliber they
> were
> used to in the East, and discovered there was only one each in the
> respective downtowns of both Minneapolis and Saint Paul.  They are in
> their
> mid-eighties now, and did not want to get started driving into the
> downtowns
> in the winter.
>
> They decided to try a neighborhood ELCA (Lutheran) parish, and though
> the choir isn't great in their words, "Boy, can those Lutherans  sing!"
> All I can say is that if this choral-seasoned couple can be happy  singing
> with this Lutheran congregation, Martin Luther has done his job well.
>
>
>
> David S.
>