[Magdalen] Where Were You?

[Joseph Cirou]

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>From: ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com>
>Sent: Jul 16, 2019 10:15 PM
>To: "magdalen at herberthouse.org" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Where Were You?
>
>I was celebrating my birthday with friends.
>We went across the river to Maine for fried clams,
>then all took celebratory drugs.
>
>By the time we made it back to a friend's house,
>the television was broadcasting the snowy black&white image of the stiff
>flag.
>We watched for awhile, but it was boring,
>so we went to sit on the porch and listen to the night and the leaves
>blowing.
>
>Three weeks later we went to Woodstock.
>Three years later I was working with the designers of Skylab.
>-M
>
>
>On Tuesday, July 16, 2019, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> wrote:
>
>> I was 17 years old, a new mom, sweltering in our tiny, newlywed studio
>> apartment, lights off for the sleeping baby, and glued to our tv screen.
>> The husband was working his well-paying factory job at Columbia Records.
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 9:20 PM Brian Reid <reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > I was in a small auditorium at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in
>> > Greenbelt, Maryland. Goddard was not directly involved with manned space
>> > flight, but there was an strong sense of community. I got to be there
>> > because I had a job working for one of the researchers involved with
>> Apollo
>> > 17.
>> >
>> > It was a transcendent experience. Despite being in a group of 300
>> > engineers who mostly did not know how to weep with joy.
>> >
>> --
>> Ann
>>
>> The Rev. Ann Markle
>> Buffalo, NY
>> www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com
>>
I was 25 years old newly ordained sitting with my parents in my nice rectory suite watching the event on Tv on a Sunday afternoon. I don't know what we did later. I am imagine we went out to dinner. Not knowing the lay of the land I didn't recommend any nice restaurant but maybe we got a suggestion from someone.

Joe Cirou