[Magdalen] T. or T.

Grace Cangialosi gracecan at gmail.com
Thu Nov 2 02:53:11 UTC 2017


Lord, have mercy...

> On Nov 1, 2017, at 8:34 PM, Brian Reid <reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> wrote:
> 
> We had about 1900 trick-or-treaters this year. We gave out a bit more than 220 pounds of candy. Whew.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> We never get any. Not even the kids next door (with whose parents we aren't
>> on the best of terms anyhow).
>> On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 4:28 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> None at my little house in the dell away from the road.  Port Hope
>>> generally has lots of retirees and I don't see kids around me, now that the
>>> family at the road has moved.
>>> 
>>> At 6:30 I went to St. Mark's to help welcome kids there.  This is the
>>> second year we have had an open church door with the organist playing
>>> Phantom, Here comes the Bride in a minor key, and Toccata & Fugue in D
>>> Minor -- endlessly!  Lots of goodies to be given out, orange lights in the
>>> cemetery, and all that stuff.  An amazing number of kids came by -- only
>>> one dressed as Trump with the cap and orange hair.  One of our teen
>>> choristers sat absolutely motionless and wordless dressed as a zombie on
>>> the front step -- for three hours.  I think she was half dead -- it was
>>> only 5C and bitter -  but she never broke!  (Where are all those kids on a
>>> Sunday -- and, indeed, their parents?!  Still, one never knows ....)
>>> 
>>> Marion, a pilgrim
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 11/1/2017 4:16 PM, Judy Fleener wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> None here for the three halloweens here, and none in the dome for the 20+
>>>> years we were there.  We look back to suburban living in a rectory. 1992
>>>> was the last time we handed out candy.
>>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 10:46 PM, Charles Wohlers <chadwohl at satucket.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> We wait until the following morning when they're 50% off.    ;-)
>>>>> 
>>>>> In  8 years here we've never had any trick-or-treaters. Comes from living
>>>>> out in the boonies.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Chad Wohlers
>>>>> Woodbury, VT USA
>>>>> chadwohl at satucket.com
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> -----Original Message----- From: James Oppenheimer-Crawford
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2017 9:59 PM
>>>>> To: Magdalen at herberthouse.org
>>>>> Subject: [Magdalen] T. or T.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> I went to the store to get some stuff to give to the trick or treater. He
>>>>> or she has not shown up yet, and it's past nine o'clock. I guess we will
>>>>> have to take care of all that "stuff" ourselves.
>>>>> I had really hoped we could avoid this, but there comes a time to face
>>>>> facts: we are going to have to become chocolate consumers -- very serious
>>>>> amounts of chocolate.
>>>>> Oh, the humanity!
>>>>> Fortunately, the Church has a coffee hour, and a bunch of kids will be
>>>>> there...
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
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