[Magdalen] Punxsutawney Phil.

[Joseph Cirou]

-----Original Message-----
>From: James Oppenheimer-Crawford <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com>
>Sent: Feb 4, 2018 3:32 AM
>To: "Magdalen at herberthouse.org" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Punxsutawney Phil.
>
>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.
>> > >
>> >
>>
In Cajun country the Christmas Lights often become Mardi Gras lights and later become Halloween Lights. I have no problem with this as long as Santa is gone, Baby Jesus lingers, and Santa doesn't appear before Thanksgiving

Joe