[Magdalen] My Listgiv ...

[Kate Conant]

You're welcome, Lesley!


"What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and walk
humbly with your God?"
Micah 6:8

On Sun, Dec 25, 2016 at 7:59 PM, Lesley de Voil <lesleymdv at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Ann, glad you are getting so much out of your pressies! The animal on
> the tea towel is a spiny anteater or echidna. It and the platypus are the
> only surviving monotremes(egg-laying mammals.)
> Australia Post excelled itself this year. I have received a number of
> parcels in record time.
> My pressy from Harpers Ferry  sat under the LEDlight tree for 3 days ( is
> it a sin, maybe just a venial one, to admire oneself for restraint when
> there are no others in the house to see one peeking before the Day?) I
> eventually opened my gifts this am (it is now nearly lunchtime on Boxing
> Day), so I am dipping to Kate Conant's present to me- an interesting
> illustrated history of Harpers Ferry. My knowledge of USA history is quite
> irregular, so this book fills in an important gap. Thank you, Kate!
> Regards
> Lesley de Voil
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Ann Markle" <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu>
> Sent: ‎25/‎12/‎2016 15:14
> To: "magdalen at herberthouse.org" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] My Listgiv ...
>
> And mine arrived just today from Lesley in Australia!  A lovely linen tea
> towel (the best kind, and this one is thick and lucious), printed (I
> think!) with a duck-billed platypus design.  And a most interesting-looking
> book called "Priska goes to the theatre: the evolution of the Gospel of
> John by John Gladstone Steele.  It consists of a fictionalized narrative,
> which is followed by a scholarly section.  Lesley thoughtfully included
> some reader's reviews for me to peruse.  I can't wait to start it!  I chose
> this gift as the one I would open on Christmas Eve, because it's the most
> "exotic" I'll receive this year!  Thank you so much, Lesley, and how
> wonderful to have it on Christmas Eve, just in time!
>
> I've completed 2 services tonight, and have another tomorrow morning.  And
> I've gone from feeling terrible about the holiday this year to a real sense
> of the awesome holiness of it.  That's grace.
>
> I hope you're all either snuggled in your beds or having the absolute best
> of holidays.  I keep pondering the John Lennon carol this year:  "So this
> is Christmas; what have we done?"  and "War is over, if we want it."  I'm
> thinking of refugees, the people of Aleppo, and all those who live in fear
> and/or rough conditions, especially those terrorized by wars and terrorism
> this year.  Hope was born tonight, and it's hope that keeps us going.
>
> Much love and gratitude for this online community, of which I've now been a
> member for just 20 years this year.
>
> Ann
>
> The Rev. Ann Markle
> Buffalo, NY
> ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
>
> On Sat, Dec 24, 2016 at 10:30 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
> wrote:
>
> > ... to All.  Is, a happy Christmas to this list, thanking it for being
> > here, and all its denizens for putting up with me all these years.
> >
>