[Magdalen] Happy Christmas

[Marion Thompson]

Bog as in slang for the loo.  But I would speak of bog as a swamp as a bog.
I like ' spell cheque'.  :-D

Marion, a pilgrim



On 12/26/2016 2:16 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford wrote:
> To spell cheque, bog is a word, as indeed it is -- just not the one I had
> in mind. (the big people's service). We have quite a bit of swampland
> around here. As a matter of fact, a neighbor was draining a pond by his
> house and found a large bone. He had experts come in, and they ended up
> camped out in his yard for a while and extracted an entire skeleton of a
> mammoth. This area was a swamp back then.  I don't think anyone calls it a
> bog ....
>
> 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 Sat, Dec 24, 2016 at 11:09 PM, Kate Conant <kate.conant at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> So not really for the "bog people"??  :)
>>
>> Merry Christmas!  I'm home from our all people's liturgy.
>>
>> "What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and walk
>> humbly with your God?"
>> Micah 6:8
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 24, 2016 at 8:40 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
>> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Just back from the early children's service.  (early service for
>> children,
>>> not the service for early children, but then you probably knew that)
>> Those
>>> simple unpretentious services have a lot of charm. In another hour I'll
>> be
>>> going back for the later bog peoples service (you might say the service
>> for
>>> the big people, or the big service for people, and both would probably be
>>> arguably right)
>>>
>>> And this time, I've got the sopranino. "Joy to the World" is the
>>> recessional, after all.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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 Sat, Dec 24, 2016 at 7:52 PM, Michael Bishop <rev at michaelbishop.name>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Happy Christmas to all listsibs from the Midlands of England. I am just
>>>> home from our midnight service. It was particularly significant for me
>> as
>>>> this is my last Christmas as rector - before Christmas comes again I
>> will
>>>> have joined the ranks of the retired. It seems strange to be doing
>>> various
>>>> things for the last time here. I have had a very happy twent years in
>> my
>>>> current parishes and retire in late August or early September next
>> year.
>>>> --
>>>> ....
>>>> ....
>>>> God bless
>>>>
>>>> Michael Bishop
>>>> rev at michaelbishop.name
>>>>
>>>> Rector of Boylestone, Church Broughton, Dalbury, Longford, Long Lane,
>>>> Sutton-on-the-Hill & Trusley
>>>>
>>>> Diocese of Derby, England
>>>>
>>>>