[Magdalen] memories

[Marion Thompson]

I'm really excited by the probability of a Zoom meeting with you all.  So
easy, no travel, and the chance to see many of you in one lovely group!

I live alone, but do get out and about a bit.  Over to the church to sign
cheques and the like (our office is closed, but the bookkeeper and I have
worked out a good system for the essential things).  Groceries perhaps once
a week.   Helping at a food bank once a week when I can  But social contact
is limited to several regular Zoom meetings., which are a whole lot better
than nothing.

Our priest is now planning to make a dash for it across to the USA next
week  to pursue his monastic vocation in Michigan.  This plan looks more
final than previous ones, and we need to do the rectory inspection and  so
on..  But it is sad that we can't organize a proper face-to-face farewell
and thank-you.  Very strange.

Marion, a pilgrim

On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 9:28 AM Ferdinand von Prondzynski (Emeritus) <
f.von-prondzynski at rgu.ac.uk> wrote:

> Dear friends, old and new
>
> I would be very happy to join (or even host - I have the unlimited version
> also) a Zoom meeting. I have up to two Zoom meetings every day - it is how
> we have kept the Cathedral congregation in touch with each other. In the
> congregation we have several elderly people living alone, for whom Zoom is
> a lifeline right now. I host most of our meetings, and at the first one a
> number of them were literally in tears as they were seeing each other again
> for the first time. It was an amazingly emotional moment.
>
> There are a number of you here whom I will really enjoy meeting again.
> Notwithstanding the time zone difference, I'll join regardless of the time.
> In the middle of June, here in North-East Scotland, we have those lovely
> bright nights in which it doesn't ever get completely dark. On a cloudless
> night I can do gardening at 1 am.
>
> Love to you all
>
> Ferdinand
>
>
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