[Magdalen] listgive touchdown!

[Joseph Cirou]

One year I didn't make the cut to get a donee. I was very disappointed. To my great surprise, I received a listgiv from a very thoughtful person.

This year  I sent my gift after Christmas but during the Comites Christi days. One should have arrived almost immediately; the other may still be winging its way across potential or actual tundra near the Great Lakes.

Mine arrived from Scranton a few days ago and is still under the tree. Sometime between Russian Christmas and the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord; gifts are put away, but the decorations remain up close to Candlemas.

This year The Encounter is close to the beginning of Great Lent for those who follow the Western Computation of Pascha

Joe


-----Original Message-----
>From: Kate Conant <kate.conant at gmail.com>
>Sent: Jan 5, 2016 12:11 AM
>To: "magdalen at herberthouse.org" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>Subject: Re: [Magdalen] listgive touchdown!
>
>...and I am wondering if anyone sent me a listgiv.
>
>"What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and walk
>humbly with your God?"
>Micah 6:8
>
>On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 10:43 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Anxiously wondering whether my listgiv made it to the slight northeast of
>> me.
>>
>> On Monday, January 4, 2016, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Glad it got there under the wire.  The cake is a black fruit cake, not
>> > specifically cherry but with lots of cherry content (I might have had a
>> > heavy hand this year.)  Thompson raisins, lots of pecans, both ground and
>> > in pieces, slivered almonds, lots of citron, chopped pineapple, some
>> magic
>> > ingredients, spices, and lots of brandy.  It is steamed.  I have been
>> > making it for many many years.  Enjoy!
>> >
>> > Still a lady in waiting here in Port Hope.
>> >
>> > Marion, a pilgrim
>> >
>> > On 1/4/2016 10:12 PM, Lynn Ronkainen wrote:
>> >
>> >> Tonight I found a key to the box for parcels at my little condo PO box
>> >> mail site.  Inside was a puffy envelope from Marion, filled with
>> surprises.
>> >> A lovely (homemade?) dark cherry fruit cake (YUM!!), a small pocketbook
>> >> about Canada, which I promptly read, and found delightful, and a book of
>> >> poetry which I've looked through and know it will be best looked over
>> in a
>> >> quiet place with a relaxed mind (mine, not so much of late). Thank you
>> >> Marion! What a wonderful 10th night surprise!
>> >>
>> >> Lynn
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>> >>
>> >> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have
>> >> not a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You
>> gave
>> >> me." attributed to Erma Bombeck
>> >> "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a
>> talk
>> >> by Richard Rohr
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>>