[Magdalen] Magdalen Digest, Vol 123, Issue 1
Sharon Moon
sharonbmoon at gmail.com
Thu Oct 2 13:17:15 UTC 2025
Hello! Glad to read brief updates!
I am continuing as shared before. Have counseling/therapy practice in La Plata, Md.
Best wishes,
Sharon
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> 3. Re: decline of this list (Ginga Wilder)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2025 14:47:11 -0400
> From: Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu>
> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] decline of this list
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> Just saw this, and see the last post was 4 days ago. I'm still here as
> well. Pretty fully retired, but doing an extended supply gig for a parish I
> love here near Buffalo. They're looking for someone half time, and ten
> years ago I would have loved to do it! But now I don't have the energy that
> it takes to be a "real" parish priest. I do love supply work, though, as
> liturgy, preaching, and sacraments are the really fulfilling parts of
> priestly ministry for me. And their strong and excellent laity have to do
> all the hard stuff!
>
> I still have my trailer by Lake Erie, though it's a new(er) one that I got
> a couple of years ago. My last travel (besides to the Midwest to see family
> and old friends) was 2 weeks in London in 2023. I do seem to be running out
> of steam for travel, but still think about a week in Barcelona for my 75th
> birthday. I did a week in Paris for my 70th, and it was delightful.
>
> Rick, so sorry to hear your news, but happy to see old friends. I must
> remember to check email more often. Usually friends have to text me to tell
> me they sent me an email!
>
> Ann
>
> The Rev. Ann Markle
> Buffalo, NY
> ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
>
>> On Fri, Sep 26, 2025, 4:56?PM Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi, Jay,
>>
>> 'Twas I who mentioned Lynn. However, I now see that I was responding to a
>> very old entry (Jan. 7th) in the chain. Sorry to mislead you. I wish she
>> would pop up, too.
>>
>> Marion, a pilgrim
>>
>>> On Fri, 26 Sept 2025 at 16:42, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi everyone!
>>>
>>> Still here in Virginia. Orthodox Christian since 2015 but still
>>> Episcopaliani-ish. I attend the same church as Kate now, driving in with
>> my
>>> friend Dena who is the widow of our former priest.
>>> Completely retired but busier than ever. Still making jewelry and just
>> got
>>> done with our biggest show of the year but not done for the year, and I
>>> think I'll be tired for a month! Another
>>> show a week from Saturday but it's smaller. I also volunteer at the local
>>> humane society shelter two days a week with the stray cats and I was
>>> fostering cats in my studio until my husband
>>> put his foot down. We have two barn cats, Josie and Meg, who keep the
>>> rodent population down outdoors and try to keep it from coming indoors.
>>> Rick, I'm sorry to hear about your upcoming divorce. It's never easy for
>>> either party. I'm glad you have Milo, though. Many blessings from one who
>>> has been through it.
>>> Did I see someone mention Lynn? I didn't see her. Perhaps on another
>>> thread.
>>> In personal threads, I had multiple abdominal surgeries in 2012 and a
>> heart
>>> attack complete with cath and stent in 2024 (which revealed I'd had a
>>> bigger one earlier), but I'm okay. I also had Covid
>>> before It was a thing. Takes a lot to keep this old broad down! I now
>> have
>>> not only 11 grandkids but two great-granddaughters, all of whom are
>>> in Tennessee. My two brothers are both alive and
>>> kicking as well, though the next youngest to me gave us a frightful scare
>>> about 4 years ago by suddenly developing what turned out to be autoimmune
>>> limbic encephalitis. Turns out it's a good thing
>>> to have a younger brother who has all kinds of contacts in the medical
>>> world *and *to be in Stanford Medical Center!
>>> I miss you all. It would be nice to get this list up and running again.
>>>
>>> Jay
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 26, 2025 at 10:02?AM Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Rick,
>>>> I am sorry to read your news about your marriage. You are dear. May
>> you
>>>> be comforted as you grieve this enormous loss. Blessings and hugs from
>>> me
>>>> to thee.
>>>> Ginga Wilder
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 5:07?PM Rick Mashburn <ricklmashburn at gmail.com
>>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm still here as well but much has changed. Alex told me we were
>>>> getting a
>>>>> divorce in May. We sold our house together and the divorce will be
>>> final
>>>> in
>>>>> November. I'm busy at work for which I'm very grateful. Milo seems
>>>> settled.
>>>>> He didn't like the new place at first but he has learned to enjoy the
>>>>> backyard. I've slowly started cooking again but I'm sticking to very
>>>> simple
>>>>> recipes for now. If the weather ever turns cool, I know I'll be
>>> craving a
>>>>> big pot of gumbo. I think I'll go to one of the great Cajun
>> restaurants
>>>> we
>>>>> have here. There is one owned by a mother/daughter duo that relocated
>>>> here
>>>>> after Katrina. I think I'll just go there instead of making it
>> myself!
>>>>>
>>>>> After 10 years of marriage, I'm struggling with being single again.
>>> But,
>>>>> I've lived alone most of my adult life so I know I will figure it out
>>>>> again!
>>>>>
>>>>> Peace, Rick and Milo
>>>>> San Antonio
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Rick
>>>>> 210-618-5096
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Sep 24, 2025 at 11:28?AM Marilyn Cepeda <
>> mcepeda514 at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I am indeed still here. At age 72, I am finding it a curious time.
>> I
>>>> have
>>>>>> become the oldest remaining in my immediate family with only one
>>> first
>>>>>> cousin remaining. Many of my friends including my two best friends
>>> have
>>>>>> passed on as have my parents in law.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I cannot say it is lonely as we have three of our five kids local.
>>> One
>>>>>> lives around the corner from us with the youngest grands. They come
>>>> here
>>>>>> after school. One pops in for coffee weekly. One texts off and on
>>>> during
>>>>>> the day.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have slacked off much of my church activity remembering words of
>> my
>>>>>> spiritual director that there is nothing wrong with sitting in a
>> pew
>>>>> that I
>>>>>> did not always have to be busy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am pretty healthy as far as I know. Given the state of many
>> around
>>>> me I
>>>>>> am grateful. I do sometimes wonder what will eventually befall me
>> and
>>>> if
>>>>> I
>>>>>> will handle with any grace or be an ill tempered old lady or a
>> total
>>>>> baby.
>>>>>> For the sake of the kids, I hope it is not the latter options!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Always nice to hear from you all as a very important part of my
>>>>> transition
>>>>>> from Methodist to Episcopalian.
>>>>>> ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Marilyn (Owens, Palmero) Cepeda
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 24, 2025 at 11:13?AM Simon Kershaw <
>> simon at kershaw.org.uk
>>>>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I guess most of us are still here. Life in retirement is busy
>>> though.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Current agenda...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Just finishing compilation of my annual calendar for the Church
>> of
>>>>>>> England, used by a few thousand clergy and parishes. At least 25
>>>> years
>>>>>>> since I first did this.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Trying to read through documents of the long-listed candidates to
>>> be
>>>>> the
>>>>>>> next Bishop of Ely. For each candidate there are some five
>>> documents
>>>> to
>>>>>>> plough through and to give a preliminary assessment and
>>> justification
>>>>> of
>>>>>>> whether they should be shortlisted. The 14 members of the
>> selection
>>>>>>> panel (the Crown Nominations Commission) meet next week to decide
>>> on
>>>>> the
>>>>>>> shortlist. Two days of interviews and decision-making will follow
>>> in
>>>>>>> November.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Bishop's Council meeting tomorrow night -- papers still to be
>> read
>>> in
>>>>>>> preparation.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The Saturday after next (4 October) I will be admitted and
>> licensed
>>>> as
>>>>> a
>>>>>>> Lay Reader (or Licensed Lay Minister). The good news there is
>> that
>>>> the
>>>>>>> two years of training are completed!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The Saturday after that is diocesan synod -- of which I am the
>> lay
>>>>>>> chair. Nothing much on the agenda (ha ha), just budget and such
>>> like.
>>>>>>> And a debate on where the Church of England goes on same-sex
>>>>>>> relationships. And my co-chair, the clergy chair, who would
>>> normally
>>>>>>> share the role with me, is undergoing treatment for breast
>> cancer,
>>>> so I
>>>>>>> might be on my own.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I also have a two-day meeting of the Church of England Liturgical
>>>>>>> Commission at the end of October.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And then there's the important stuff like helping to look after
>> our
>>>> two
>>>>>>> young granddaughters. And helping deal with my two elderly
>>>>>>> parents-in-law who live a couple of hundred miles away: my
>>>>> mother-in-law
>>>>>>> is suffering from dementia, and my father-in-law is finding it
>>> harder
>>>>>>> and harder to cope.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And that's just the highlights from my diary!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> simon
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 23/09/2025 21.48, Kate Conant wrote:
>>>>>>>> Has the list died? I haven't received anything since March. Of
>>>>> course,
>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>> hadn't written anything either.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Simon Kershaw
>>>>>>> simon at kershaw.org.uk
>>>>>>> Saint Ives, Cambridgeshire
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2025 15:45:48 -0400
> From: Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] decline of this list
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>
> I live through email, my go-to.. My fellow warden sends texts which I may
> see days later sometimes. I do not carry my phone around.... I am trying
> to bridge the generational gap. Sigh.
>
> Oh dear! There is a family wedding in Toronto this w/e and I have just
> found a cache of important family messages, dated last Thursday, on
> WhatsApp. Ooops, my bad! No wonder I hadn't heard who can't make it after
> all.
>
>> On Tue, 30 Sept 2025 at 14:47, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> wrote:
>>
>> Just saw this, and see the last post was 4 days ago. I'm still here as
>> well. Pretty fully retired, but doing an extended supply gig for a parish I
>> love here near Buffalo. They're looking for someone half time, and ten
>> years ago I would have loved to do it! But now I don't have the energy that
>> it takes to be a "real" parish priest. I do love supply work, though, as
>> liturgy, preaching, and sacraments are the really fulfilling parts of
>> priestly ministry for me. And their strong and excellent laity have to do
>> all the hard stuff!
>>
>> I still have my trailer by Lake Erie, though it's a new(er) one that I got
>> a couple of years ago. My last travel (besides to the Midwest to see family
>> and old friends) was 2 weeks in London in 2023. I do seem to be running out
>> of steam for travel, but still think about a week in Barcelona for my 75th
>> birthday. I did a week in Paris for my 70th, and it was delightful.
>>
>> Rick, so sorry to hear your news, but happy to see old friends. I must
>> remember to check email more often. Usually friends have to text me to tell
>> me they sent me an email!
>>
>> Ann
>>
>> The Rev. Ann Markle
>> Buffalo, NY
>> ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 26, 2025, 4:56?PM Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, Jay,
>>>
>>> 'Twas I who mentioned Lynn. However, I now see that I was responding to
>> a
>>> very old entry (Jan. 7th) in the chain. Sorry to mislead you. I wish
>> she
>>> would pop up, too.
>>>
>>> Marion, a pilgrim
>>>
>>>> On Fri, 26 Sept 2025 at 16:42, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi everyone!
>>>>
>>>> Still here in Virginia. Orthodox Christian since 2015 but still
>>>> Episcopaliani-ish. I attend the same church as Kate now, driving in
>> with
>>> my
>>>> friend Dena who is the widow of our former priest.
>>>> Completely retired but busier than ever. Still making jewelry and just
>>> got
>>>> done with our biggest show of the year but not done for the year, and I
>>>> think I'll be tired for a month! Another
>>>> show a week from Saturday but it's smaller. I also volunteer at the
>> local
>>>> humane society shelter two days a week with the stray cats and I was
>>>> fostering cats in my studio until my husband
>>>> put his foot down. We have two barn cats, Josie and Meg, who keep the
>>>> rodent population down outdoors and try to keep it from coming indoors.
>>>> Rick, I'm sorry to hear about your upcoming divorce. It's never easy
>> for
>>>> either party. I'm glad you have Milo, though. Many blessings from one
>> who
>>>> has been through it.
>>>> Did I see someone mention Lynn? I didn't see her. Perhaps on another
>>>> thread.
>>>> In personal threads, I had multiple abdominal surgeries in 2012 and a
>>> heart
>>>> attack complete with cath and stent in 2024 (which revealed I'd had a
>>>> bigger one earlier), but I'm okay. I also had Covid
>>>> before It was a thing. Takes a lot to keep this old broad down! I now
>>> have
>>>> not only 11 grandkids but two great-granddaughters, all of whom are
>>>> in Tennessee. My two brothers are both alive and
>>>> kicking as well, though the next youngest to me gave us a frightful
>> scare
>>>> about 4 years ago by suddenly developing what turned out to be
>> autoimmune
>>>> limbic encephalitis. Turns out it's a good thing
>>>> to have a younger brother who has all kinds of contacts in the medical
>>>> world *and *to be in Stanford Medical Center!
>>>> I miss you all. It would be nice to get this list up and running again.
>>>>
>>>> Jay
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Sep 26, 2025 at 10:02?AM Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Rick,
>>>>> I am sorry to read your news about your marriage. You are dear. May
>>> you
>>>>> be comforted as you grieve this enormous loss. Blessings and hugs
>> from
>>>> me
>>>>> to thee.
>>>>> Ginga Wilder
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 5:07?PM Rick Mashburn <
>> ricklmashburn at gmail.com
>>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm still here as well but much has changed. Alex told me we were
>>>>> getting a
>>>>>> divorce in May. We sold our house together and the divorce will be
>>>> final
>>>>> in
>>>>>> November. I'm busy at work for which I'm very grateful. Milo seems
>>>>> settled.
>>>>>> He didn't like the new place at first but he has learned to enjoy
>> the
>>>>>> backyard. I've slowly started cooking again but I'm sticking to
>> very
>>>>> simple
>>>>>> recipes for now. If the weather ever turns cool, I know I'll be
>>>> craving a
>>>>>> big pot of gumbo. I think I'll go to one of the great Cajun
>>> restaurants
>>>>> we
>>>>>> have here. There is one owned by a mother/daughter duo that
>> relocated
>>>>> here
>>>>>> after Katrina. I think I'll just go there instead of making it
>>> myself!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> After 10 years of marriage, I'm struggling with being single again.
>>>> But,
>>>>>> I've lived alone most of my adult life so I know I will figure it
>> out
>>>>>> again!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Peace, Rick and Milo
>>>>>> San Antonio
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rick
>>>>>> 210-618-5096
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 24, 2025 at 11:28?AM Marilyn Cepeda <
>>> mcepeda514 at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am indeed still here. At age 72, I am finding it a curious
>> time.
>>> I
>>>>> have
>>>>>>> become the oldest remaining in my immediate family with only one
>>>> first
>>>>>>> cousin remaining. Many of my friends including my two best
>> friends
>>>> have
>>>>>>> passed on as have my parents in law.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I cannot say it is lonely as we have three of our five kids
>> local.
>>>> One
>>>>>>> lives around the corner from us with the youngest grands. They
>> come
>>>>> here
>>>>>>> after school. One pops in for coffee weekly. One texts off and on
>>>>> during
>>>>>>> the day.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have slacked off much of my church activity remembering words
>> of
>>> my
>>>>>>> spiritual director that there is nothing wrong with sitting in a
>>> pew
>>>>>> that I
>>>>>>> did not always have to be busy.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am pretty healthy as far as I know. Given the state of many
>>> around
>>>>> me I
>>>>>>> am grateful. I do sometimes wonder what will eventually befall me
>>> and
>>>>> if
>>>>>> I
>>>>>>> will handle with any grace or be an ill tempered old lady or a
>>> total
>>>>>> baby.
>>>>>>> For the sake of the kids, I hope it is not the latter options!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Always nice to hear from you all as a very important part of my
>>>>>> transition
>>>>>>> from Methodist to Episcopalian.
>>>>>>> ?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Marilyn (Owens, Palmero) Cepeda
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 24, 2025 at 11:13?AM Simon Kershaw <
>>> simon at kershaw.org.uk
>>>>>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I guess most of us are still here. Life in retirement is busy
>>>> though.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Current agenda...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Just finishing compilation of my annual calendar for the Church
>>> of
>>>>>>>> England, used by a few thousand clergy and parishes. At least
>> 25
>>>>> years
>>>>>>>> since I first did this.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Trying to read through documents of the long-listed candidates
>> to
>>>> be
>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> next Bishop of Ely. For each candidate there are some five
>>>> documents
>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> plough through and to give a preliminary assessment and
>>>> justification
>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>> whether they should be shortlisted. The 14 members of the
>>> selection
>>>>>>>> panel (the Crown Nominations Commission) meet next week to
>> decide
>>>> on
>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> shortlist. Two days of interviews and decision-making will
>> follow
>>>> in
>>>>>>>> November.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Bishop's Council meeting tomorrow night -- papers still to be
>>> read
>>>> in
>>>>>>>> preparation.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The Saturday after next (4 October) I will be admitted and
>>> licensed
>>>>> as
>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>> Lay Reader (or Licensed Lay Minister). The good news there is
>>> that
>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> two years of training are completed!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The Saturday after that is diocesan synod -- of which I am the
>>> lay
>>>>>>>> chair. Nothing much on the agenda (ha ha), just budget and such
>>>> like.
>>>>>>>> And a debate on where the Church of England goes on same-sex
>>>>>>>> relationships. And my co-chair, the clergy chair, who would
>>>> normally
>>>>>>>> share the role with me, is undergoing treatment for breast
>>> cancer,
>>>>> so I
>>>>>>>> might be on my own.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I also have a two-day meeting of the Church of England
>> Liturgical
>>>>>>>> Commission at the end of October.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> And then there's the important stuff like helping to look after
>>> our
>>>>> two
>>>>>>>> young granddaughters. And helping deal with my two elderly
>>>>>>>> parents-in-law who live a couple of hundred miles away: my
>>>>>> mother-in-law
>>>>>>>> is suffering from dementia, and my father-in-law is finding it
>>>> harder
>>>>>>>> and harder to cope.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> And that's just the highlights from my diary!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> simon
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 23/09/2025 21.48, Kate Conant wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Has the list died? I haven't received anything since March.
>> Of
>>>>>> course,
>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>> hadn't written anything either.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Simon Kershaw
>>>>>>>> simon at kershaw.org.uk
>>>>>>>> Saint Ives, Cambridgeshire
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
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>
> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2025 16:01:39 -0400
> From: Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] decline of this list
> Message-ID:
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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
>
> I'm pretty much an email person, too.
>
> Some of you followed our daughter Ginny Wilder while she was in seminary at
> VTS. Some even attended her ordination in 2013 at Trinity, Old Swedes
> Church in Wilmington, DE. For the past 8 years, Ginny has served as rector
> of St. Anne's Episcopal, Winston-Salem, NC. She has been called as rector
> of St. Michael's Episcopal Church, Bristol, RI and will begin serving there
> in February.
>
> Ginga Wilder
>
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2025 at 3:46?PM Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I live through email, my go-to.. My fellow warden sends texts which I may
>> see days later sometimes. I do not carry my phone around.... I am trying
>> to bridge the generational gap. Sigh.
>>
>> Oh dear! There is a family wedding in Toronto this w/e and I have just
>> found a cache of important family messages, dated last Thursday, on
>> WhatsApp. Ooops, my bad! No wonder I hadn't heard who can't make it after
>> all.
>>
>>> On Tue, 30 Sept 2025 at 14:47, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>> Just saw this, and see the last post was 4 days ago. I'm still here as
>>> well. Pretty fully retired, but doing an extended supply gig for a
>> parish I
>>> love here near Buffalo. They're looking for someone half time, and ten
>>> years ago I would have loved to do it! But now I don't have the energy
>> that
>>> it takes to be a "real" parish priest. I do love supply work, though, as
>>> liturgy, preaching, and sacraments are the really fulfilling parts of
>>> priestly ministry for me. And their strong and excellent laity have to do
>>> all the hard stuff!
>>>
>>> I still have my trailer by Lake Erie, though it's a new(er) one that I
>> got
>>> a couple of years ago. My last travel (besides to the Midwest to see
>> family
>>> and old friends) was 2 weeks in London in 2023. I do seem to be running
>> out
>>> of steam for travel, but still think about a week in Barcelona for my
>> 75th
>>> birthday. I did a week in Paris for my 70th, and it was delightful.
>>>
>>> Rick, so sorry to hear your news, but happy to see old friends. I must
>>> remember to check email more often. Usually friends have to text me to
>> tell
>>> me they sent me an email!
>>>
>>> Ann
>>>
>>> The Rev. Ann Markle
>>> Buffalo, NY
>>> ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 26, 2025, 4:56?PM Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com
>>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi, Jay,
>>>>
>>>> 'Twas I who mentioned Lynn. However, I now see that I was responding
>> to
>>> a
>>>> very old entry (Jan. 7th) in the chain. Sorry to mislead you. I wish
>>> she
>>>> would pop up, too.
>>>>
>>>> Marion, a pilgrim
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 26 Sept 2025 at 16:42, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi everyone!
>>>>>
>>>>> Still here in Virginia. Orthodox Christian since 2015 but still
>>>>> Episcopaliani-ish. I attend the same church as Kate now, driving in
>>> with
>>>> my
>>>>> friend Dena who is the widow of our former priest.
>>>>> Completely retired but busier than ever. Still making jewelry and
>> just
>>>> got
>>>>> done with our biggest show of the year but not done for the year,
>> and I
>>>>> think I'll be tired for a month! Another
>>>>> show a week from Saturday but it's smaller. I also volunteer at the
>>> local
>>>>> humane society shelter two days a week with the stray cats and I was
>>>>> fostering cats in my studio until my husband
>>>>> put his foot down. We have two barn cats, Josie and Meg, who keep the
>>>>> rodent population down outdoors and try to keep it from coming
>> indoors.
>>>>> Rick, I'm sorry to hear about your upcoming divorce. It's never easy
>>> for
>>>>> either party. I'm glad you have Milo, though. Many blessings from one
>>> who
>>>>> has been through it.
>>>>> Did I see someone mention Lynn? I didn't see her. Perhaps on another
>>>>> thread.
>>>>> In personal threads, I had multiple abdominal surgeries in 2012 and a
>>>> heart
>>>>> attack complete with cath and stent in 2024 (which revealed I'd had a
>>>>> bigger one earlier), but I'm okay. I also had Covid
>>>>> before It was a thing. Takes a lot to keep this old broad down! I now
>>>> have
>>>>> not only 11 grandkids but two great-granddaughters, all of whom are
>>>>> in Tennessee. My two brothers are both alive and
>>>>> kicking as well, though the next youngest to me gave us a frightful
>>> scare
>>>>> about 4 years ago by suddenly developing what turned out to be
>>> autoimmune
>>>>> limbic encephalitis. Turns out it's a good thing
>>>>> to have a younger brother who has all kinds of contacts in the
>> medical
>>>>> world *and *to be in Stanford Medical Center!
>>>>> I miss you all. It would be nice to get this list up and running
>> again.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jay
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Sep 26, 2025 at 10:02?AM Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com
>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Rick,
>>>>>> I am sorry to read your news about your marriage. You are dear.
>> May
>>>> you
>>>>>> be comforted as you grieve this enormous loss. Blessings and hugs
>>> from
>>>>> me
>>>>>> to thee.
>>>>>> Ginga Wilder
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 5:07?PM Rick Mashburn <
>>> ricklmashburn at gmail.com
>>>>>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm still here as well but much has changed. Alex told me we were
>>>>>> getting a
>>>>>>> divorce in May. We sold our house together and the divorce will
>> be
>>>>> final
>>>>>> in
>>>>>>> November. I'm busy at work for which I'm very grateful. Milo
>> seems
>>>>>> settled.
>>>>>>> He didn't like the new place at first but he has learned to enjoy
>>> the
>>>>>>> backyard. I've slowly started cooking again but I'm sticking to
>>> very
>>>>>> simple
>>>>>>> recipes for now. If the weather ever turns cool, I know I'll be
>>>>> craving a
>>>>>>> big pot of gumbo. I think I'll go to one of the great Cajun
>>>> restaurants
>>>>>> we
>>>>>>> have here. There is one owned by a mother/daughter duo that
>>> relocated
>>>>>> here
>>>>>>> after Katrina. I think I'll just go there instead of making it
>>>> myself!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> After 10 years of marriage, I'm struggling with being single
>> again.
>>>>> But,
>>>>>>> I've lived alone most of my adult life so I know I will figure it
>>> out
>>>>>>> again!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Peace, Rick and Milo
>>>>>>> San Antonio
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Rick
>>>>>>> 210-618-5096
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 24, 2025 at 11:28?AM Marilyn Cepeda <
>>>> mcepeda514 at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I am indeed still here. At age 72, I am finding it a curious
>>> time.
>>>> I
>>>>>> have
>>>>>>>> become the oldest remaining in my immediate family with only
>> one
>>>>> first
>>>>>>>> cousin remaining. Many of my friends including my two best
>>> friends
>>>>> have
>>>>>>>> passed on as have my parents in law.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I cannot say it is lonely as we have three of our five kids
>>> local.
>>>>> One
>>>>>>>> lives around the corner from us with the youngest grands. They
>>> come
>>>>>> here
>>>>>>>> after school. One pops in for coffee weekly. One texts off and
>> on
>>>>>> during
>>>>>>>> the day.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have slacked off much of my church activity remembering words
>>> of
>>>> my
>>>>>>>> spiritual director that there is nothing wrong with sitting in
>> a
>>>> pew
>>>>>>> that I
>>>>>>>> did not always have to be busy.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I am pretty healthy as far as I know. Given the state of many
>>>> around
>>>>>> me I
>>>>>>>> am grateful. I do sometimes wonder what will eventually befall
>> me
>>>> and
>>>>>> if
>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>> will handle with any grace or be an ill tempered old lady or a
>>>> total
>>>>>>> baby.
>>>>>>>> For the sake of the kids, I hope it is not the latter options!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Always nice to hear from you all as a very important part of my
>>>>>>> transition
>>>>>>>> from Methodist to Episcopalian.
>>>>>>>> ?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Marilyn (Owens, Palmero) Cepeda
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 24, 2025 at 11:13?AM Simon Kershaw <
>>>> simon at kershaw.org.uk
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I guess most of us are still here. Life in retirement is busy
>>>>> though.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Current agenda...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Just finishing compilation of my annual calendar for the
>> Church
>>>> of
>>>>>>>>> England, used by a few thousand clergy and parishes. At least
>>> 25
>>>>>> years
>>>>>>>>> since I first did this.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Trying to read through documents of the long-listed
>> candidates
>>> to
>>>>> be
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> next Bishop of Ely. For each candidate there are some five
>>>>> documents
>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>> plough through and to give a preliminary assessment and
>>>>> justification
>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>> whether they should be shortlisted. The 14 members of the
>>>> selection
>>>>>>>>> panel (the Crown Nominations Commission) meet next week to
>>> decide
>>>>> on
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> shortlist. Two days of interviews and decision-making will
>>> follow
>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>> November.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Bishop's Council meeting tomorrow night -- papers still to be
>>>> read
>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>> preparation.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The Saturday after next (4 October) I will be admitted and
>>>> licensed
>>>>>> as
>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>> Lay Reader (or Licensed Lay Minister). The good news there is
>>>> that
>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> two years of training are completed!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The Saturday after that is diocesan synod -- of which I am
>> the
>>>> lay
>>>>>>>>> chair. Nothing much on the agenda (ha ha), just budget and
>> such
>>>>> like.
>>>>>>>>> And a debate on where the Church of England goes on same-sex
>>>>>>>>> relationships. And my co-chair, the clergy chair, who would
>>>>> normally
>>>>>>>>> share the role with me, is undergoing treatment for breast
>>>> cancer,
>>>>>> so I
>>>>>>>>> might be on my own.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I also have a two-day meeting of the Church of England
>>> Liturgical
>>>>>>>>> Commission at the end of October.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> And then there's the important stuff like helping to look
>> after
>>>> our
>>>>>> two
>>>>>>>>> young granddaughters. And helping deal with my two elderly
>>>>>>>>> parents-in-law who live a couple of hundred miles away: my
>>>>>>> mother-in-law
>>>>>>>>> is suffering from dementia, and my father-in-law is finding
>> it
>>>>> harder
>>>>>>>>> and harder to cope.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> And that's just the highlights from my diary!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> simon
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 23/09/2025 21.48, Kate Conant wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Has the list died? I haven't received anything since March.
>>> Of
>>>>>>> course,
>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>>> hadn't written anything either.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Simon Kershaw
>>>>>>>>> simon at kershaw.org.uk
>>>>>>>>> Saint Ives, Cambridgeshire
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
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