[Magdalen] so we're sitting by the pool

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Mem Fox... wonderful author and woman. I had the privilege of meeting her at 
a Book Festival when I was in grad school/Library Science.

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
"The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they 
oppress." F Douglass

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From: "Jay Weigel" <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2017 4:15 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] so we're sitting by the pool

> Tourism to the US is down considerably, and will be down more, I suspect,
> particularly from Down Under after the detention of Mem Fox, Australian
> children's author, yesterday. Apparently the Customs people claimed she
> "didn't have the right visa"...but she did.
>
> On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 4:57 PM, Sibyl Smirl <polycarpa3 at ckt.net> wrote:
>
>> On 2/24/17 5:00 PM, ME Michaud wrote:
>>
>>> Actually the mayor is a Democrat (and a Wellesley graduate)
>>>   and this precinct went 65 per cent for Hillary.
>>>
>>> These miscreants at the pool are renters (as, of course, are we).
>>>
>>
>> "Miscreants"?  Because they like Fox News?
>>
>>     1A person who behaves badly or in a way that breaks the law.
>>         1.1archaic A heretic.
>>
>> adjective
>>
>>     1(of a person) behaving badly or in a way that breaks a law or rule.
>>     ‘her miscreant husband’
>>         1.1archaic Heretical.
>>
>>
>>> BTW there are far fewer Canadians here this year. Some years
>>> a third of the license plates are from Ontario or Quebec or the 
>>> Maritimes.
>>> You hear couples speaking French. Not so many this year because
>>> of the exchange rate. Our friends from New Brunswick made it,
>>> though.
>>>
>>
>> There's an organized boycott of US vacations going on among Canadian
>> Trump-haters.  I got a share on Facebook from Charles de Lint (I'm a 
>> major
>> fan of his, have, have read, and love all his books) and a FB friend as
>> well as member of his mythic fan group.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Sibyl Smirl
>> I will take no bull from your house!  Psalms 50:9a
>> mailto:polycarpa3 at ckt.net
>>