[Magdalen] Remember lustmeets?

[Grace Cangialosi]

Oh, for goodness sakes, Jay!  Cynthia and I had lunch in Harrisonburg on
Thursday>  She was in my choir years ago, before either of us went to
seminary!


On Sat, Apr 1, 2023 at 3:08 PM Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Been to several of those, mostly involving food of some kind 😊 Lunches,
> dinners, what have you. Some one-on-ones too, like doing RAM clinics, with
> Grace, or when Georgia came to visit me in the hospital. Haven't had one
> since dinner at Georgia's before Covid, I guess, because I couldn't make
> the lunch when Dan came through last summer.
> For VA-WV listsibs who know her, I met Cynthia Walter yesterday at the
> RHSPCA shelter. Turns out she's a volunteer too, but we normally work on
> opposite days so I'd not met her before.
>
> On Sat, Apr 1, 2023 at 11:46 AM Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > AND, of course, Grace Cangialosa came through Summerville in recent
> > months.  A good time.
> > OK, anyone else I have forgotten, please forgive my feeble memory.
> > Ginga
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 1, 2023 at 11:39 AM Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Listmeets are wonderful!  So many good memories.  I have met up with
> Judy
> > > and Bill Fleener, Ann Markle, Christopher Hart, Renee Rutkowski, Lynn
> > > Ronkainen, Jo Craddock, Georgia DuBose, Sharon Moon -  and also Capers
> > > Limehouse, Eleanor Brown, and Molly Wolf of blessed memory.  I also
> > visited
> > > Shelagh Kearney in Mississauga, ON.  Kris Lewis and I lived in the same
> > > town for a few years.  There are others, I'm sure.  The lists, from St.
> > > Sam's, to St. Bede's, to Magdalen and the friendships formed in these
> > > communities have been among the most formative experiences of my adult
> > > life.  Thank you, each and all, and TBTG!
> > > Ginga
> > >
> > > On Sat, Apr 1, 2023 at 3:10 AM Rick Mashburn <ricklmashburn at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hey all,
> > >>
> > >> Remember the good old days when the list(s) were more active? One of
> the
> > >> really fun things I remember from the 90s-early 2000s: listmeets!
> > >>
> > >> Tonight we revived that tradition right here in San Antonio, TX! Our
> > >> listling (another long-lost term!) Pamela Braun was in town to visit
> her
> > >> family. Alex, Milo and I welcomed her to our home for dinner. A good
> > time
> > >> was had by all!
> > >>
> > >> Alex was amazed to learn that meeting a "stranger" for the first time
> > can
> > >> be a wonderful experience. Milo found another "dog person" who played
> > with
> > >> him and loved on him like he was family. I re-learned that listmeets
> are
> > >> an
> > >> incredible gift from God!
> > >>
> > >> We laughed (a lot), we cried (a little) and we thoroughly enjoyed our
> > time
> > >> together. Hours passed before we knew it! What a gift!
> > >>
> > >> Anyway, we hardly recommend the re-establishment of this tradition.
> > What a
> > >> lovely evening! Pam is as fun as I remember and I definitely felt
> > >> Eleanor's
> > >> presence with us.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks be to God!
> > >>
> > >> Peace, Rick
> > >>
> > >> P.S. We did talk about y'all a little! 😁
> > >>
> > >
> >
>


-- 
Grace Cangialosi
Ruckersville, VA

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