[Magdalen] I wish I were in Florida

[Marilyn Cepeda]

Merry Christmas!

On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 5:04 AM Lesley de Voil <lesleymdv at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> >>>
>
> --
Marilyn (Owens, Palmero) Cepeda