[Magdalen] Listgive take-off!!

[Marilyn Cepeda]

I was delayed getting mine off as well but it is coming!

Marilyn

On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 1:03 AM Joseph Cirou <romanos at mindspring.com> wrote:

> Well you could always count on Julian Calendar Armenians who keep both
> Christmas and Theophany on January 6 which would be January 19 NS. Some
> Armenians now keep both Christmas and Theophany separately; others adhere
> to the single day. in the US we have some German Baptists who still observe
> the Old Calendar; so they could have Epiphany after the King Holiday. King
> Week can be a special Mardi Season festival
>
> Joe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Lesley de Voil <lesleymdv at gmail.com>
> >Sent: Jan 5, 2016 12:37 AM
> >To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> >Subject: [Magdalen] Listgive take-off!!
> >
> >OK,Ok,I know it's 2016 and and almost Twelfth Night, but I yesterday I
> >managed to get my listgive parcel to the Post Office, from where it
> >should today be winging its way across the bigger pond to an address
> >on the Left coast of North America. For the lateness of its still
> >projected arrival I offer my sincere apologies and can only hope I
> >don't meet another Christmas season like this one just past.
> >It does seem to have been a perfect storm of incidents :1) sudden
> >offer of fulltime employment from early December, necessitating
> >extended hours for travel to the job each day, 2) breakdown of car
> >(still not fixed thanks to holiday period where everyone goes to the
> >beach haha),  3) closure of Post Offices between Christmas and New
> >Year (that one I hadn't previously noticed, also see note 2,) 4)
> >dithering by self upon the realisation that intended listgiv-ee got
> >the same present from me last year 5) lack of a car severely limited
> >my access to suitable shops in order to find substitute present. In
> >the end I gave up and sent off the present with a topical book that
> >was recently recommended to me. I hope they provide enjoyment for many
> >days to come.
> >
> >Regards
> >Lesley de Voil
>
>
>
> --
Marilyn (Owens, Palmero) Cepeda
Mobile, Alabama