[Magdalen] The gift of this pub

[Susan Hagen]

Oh Brian, thank you for all that you have done to connect this community

On Fri, Aug 5, 2022 at 9:33 PM Brian Reid <brian at reid.org> wrote:
>
> As long as I am alive and can remember how to manage server computers,
> Magdalen is not going away.
> I'm 72, so I can't promise "forever".
>
> Because of Google Groups, it is becoming increasingly difficult to
> operate non-Google-based discussion groups. If I am hit by a train (not
> likely in the UK these days :-) it might work best to reincarnate
> Magdalen as a Google Group.
>
> On 2022-08-05 20:56, Marilyn Cepeda wrote:
> > Thank you for your words here. I are Magdalen is unique and I would
> > hate to
> > lose it. I have met only a few of you face to face but your presence
> > and
> > words have seen me through child rearing, discernment, divorce, and
> > remarriage to name a few things.
> >
> > As long as two or more are gathered…..
> >
> > Marilyn
> > On Fri, Aug 5, 2022 at 7:19 PM Suzie Buchanan
> > <buchanan.suzie at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I hope we don't lose Magdalen.  It is such a different experience than
> >> Facebook.  This place is a gathering of people that I almost
> >> exclusively
> >> didn't know "in the flesh" (perhaps one or two?) but through choosing
> >> to
> >> sit together in an "online pub" (of one name or another) and listen to
> >> each
> >> other, we have come to a very unique kind of connection.
> >>
> >> There is a totally different kind of interchange here than on any
> >> social
> >> media platform.  And it is interesting to me to ponder the fact that
> >> this
> >> one is totally with words - whereas more and more the rest of online
> >> interchange is dependent upon the picture/video aspect.
> >>
> >> I have become Facebook friends with a number of people that I met on
> >> this
> >> or one of the previous incarnations of an Anglican list, but that
> >> isn't the
> >> heart of any of those relationships.  And I have loved any mini- or
> >> major-listmeet I've been able to be a part of.  But it all starts
> >> here, in
> >> our written words.  Where words become flesh.
> >>
> >> So - I'm sitting here this evening with prayers of thanksgiving for
> >> you
> >> all.
> >>
> >> blessings
> >> Suzie
> >>



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