[Magdalen] Operation London Bridge

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

My spouse said, "She's the only queen we've got."

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 Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 4:41 PM, Rick Mashburn <ricklmashburn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I will be enormously sad as well. I'm not sure why but I've been fascinated
> by the British Royal Family since I was a little boy. As embarrassing as it
> is, I think it goes back to episode(s) of the Beverly Hillbillies in the
> 1960s. The entire family went to England and had series of misadventures in
> various locations. I was totally hooked on the whole castle, knights and
> English gardens thing. I also remember a segment called "In an English
> Country Garden" on Captain Kangaroo that fascinated me. I can still hear
> the theme music playing in my head.
>
> So, I was hooked very early on in my life. The original sources of the
> fascination may have been somewhat suspect but that's beside the point. I
> have been up early to celebrate their high points (the marriages) and low
> points (the funerals.) I expect it's too late for me to change now. So I
> will mourn the passing of Her Majesty the Queen when that sad day arrives.
> And, I will celebrate the new King despite me reservations about him...and
> especially his wife.
>
> God save the Queen!
>
> God's peace,
>
> Rick unrepentant monarchist
>
> On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 3:20 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I Know I will be very sad. She has been there almost my whole life, and
> she
> > looks enormously like my mother. I really do love her, and she's grown
> > immensely in her job. Charles is a good person, I'm sure, and I admire
> some
> > of the things he does, but he is so boring and colorless. As for Camilla,
> > the less I say about her, the better.
> >
> > The British do put on an excellent state funeral.
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 1:41 PM Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> > magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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> > > In a message dated 3/16/2017 1:26:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > >
> > > marionwhitevale at gmail.com writes:
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> > >
> > > Tears  will be shed, that is  certain.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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> > > I remember getting up early (Around 5 AM) to get
> > >
> > > positioned in front of the large Victrola radio console
> > >
> > > to listen to the short wave (remember that?) coverage
> > >
> > > of the Coronation of Elizabeth II.
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> > >
> > > It's interesting, looking back, what impressed me most.
> > >
> > > Musically it was the Parry, "I Was Glad" and, especially
> > >
> > > the RVW "All People That On Earth Do Dwell," set to
> > >
> > > the Old Hundreth tune.  The latter tune was familiar to
> > >
> > > me from my Methodist youth, but in the equal quarter-
> > >
> > > note rhythm.
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> > > My thought was essentially that the
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> > > Anglicans were worth checking out (the nearest
> > >
> > > Episcopal Church was 45 miles away)
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> > > if they were able to produce such music.
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> > > And who says that music in the church doesn't count?
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> > > David S.
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