[Magdalen] Punxsutawney Phil.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Oh yes! Those lights are neat. I guess that's why I still have the lights
going. I'll turn 'em out for Lent and turn 'em on for Easter. I hope that's
not a mortal sin. I like the idea of leaving the lights up to defy the
darkness. I think what with Voldemort and all, we need all the
fight-the-darkness we can get.

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 Sun, Feb 4, 2018 at 2:44 AM, Kristin Rollins <kristin at verumsolum.com>
wrote:

> When I was last living in Canada, my apartment was a disaster area.
> Certainly not fit for entertaining. And it felt like too much work to put
> up a Christmas tree that only I would see. And… I realized that the tree
> wasn't what was important to me… it was the lights. In the end, I strung
> Christmas tree lights from the power outlet up to the curtain rod and back
> down the other side. I don't like harsh artificial light, so it was often
> what I would turn on as I watched TV or worked on the computer in those
> long winter nights, as well as giving me a bit of Christmas joy in my
> little sanctuary.
>
> Kristin
>
> --
>   Kristin Rollins
>   kristin at verumsolum.com
>   Chesapeake, VA
>
> On Sat, Feb 3, 2018, at 5:27 PM, Marion Thompson wrote:
> > Yuh, my birchgrove Christmas 'tree' with its lighted tips is no longer
> > in the window :-(  .  I have, however, left up the little lights that
> > outline that generous window and on around my door and along to the side
> > window.  I like the lights.  They counteract the gloom of February and
> > snow-filled sky and will stay there until the days are longer.
> >
> > Marion, a pilgrim
> >
> >
> > On 2/3/2018 12:42 PM, cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
> > > Same with us.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > David S.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > In a message dated 2/3/2018 11:08:33 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> romanos at mindspring.com writes:
> > >
> > >
> > > On the Synaxis of Simeon and Anna, I finish taking down all the
> Christmas decorations.
> > >
> >
>