[Magdalen] I wish I were in Florida

[Lesley de Voil]

Well, I've just finished the first of my Christmas services. It's already been a long day( one service this morning started with choir practice at 7.30am) and Midnight Mass won't end until after 1am. Very hot and humid with hardly any breeze. The Weather Bureau though we might get a thunderstorm to cool things down, but nothing as yet.
A Very Happy Christmas to you and yours, and may God bless us, everyone.
Regards
Lesley de Voil

-----Original Message-----
From: "Marion Thompson" <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
Sent: ‎24/‎12/‎2017 3:27
To: "magdalen at herberthouse.org" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] I wish I were in Florida

We have snow snow and more snow here in Port Hope.  Falling snow is the 
picture perfect part of winter.  Port Hope decorates the main street and 
other town areas: lighted wreathes on the lamp posts, a couple of huge 
lighted trees and wrapped lamp posts in other area.  The merchants have 
lots of lights and Christmasy touches in their windows and Dreamers Cafe 
has all sorts of richly decorated trees outlining its corner location in 
addition to ever more lights.  As I came back from decorating the 
church, lo,  two high-stepping horses pulling a sleigh full of kids 
rounded the corner on their way to Queenie's where another batch of 
rosy-cheeked kids were waiting for their own free ride.  It all made my 
eyes prick with tears.

Marion, a pilgrim


On 12/22/2017 10:11 PM, Ann Markle wrote:
> Here in Buffalo we began the day with about an inch of snow, and we’ve had
> a “wintry mix” for the rest of the day. When I walked the dog this evening
> after 7, it began to rain. Soggy and slippery/sloppy. Not very Christmassy.
>
> On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 3:17 PM James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> A roaring fire in a wood stove is the source of enormous comfort!  Nothing
>> quite like it, unless it be a roaring fireplace in a nice and toasty log
>> cabin filled with the scent of the trees of which it's made!
>>
>> 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 Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 3:01 PM, Charles Wohlers <chadwohl at satucket.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Ah, yes. Looking out at evening in the afternoon with snow on snow
>> falling
>>> gently from above. We should have over a foot on the ground by the time
>>> it's all over tomorrow, and a white Christmas guaranteed.
>>>
>>> Snuggled up inside next to a warm woodstove with no reason to go
>> anywhere.
>>> Chad Wohlers
>>> Woodbury, VT USA
>>> chadwohl at satucket.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message----- From: ME Michaud
>>> Sent: Friday, December 22, 2017 2:43 PM
>>> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
>>> Subject: [Magdalen] I wish I were in Florida
>>>
>>>
>>> It was evening all afternoon.
>>> It was snowing
>>> and it was going to snow.
>>> The blackbird sat
>>> in the cedar limbs.
>>> -Wallace Stevens
>>> -Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
>>>