[Magdalen] decline of this list

[Marion Thompson]

Oh, Rick, I'm so sorry to see your news!  You have been a familiar friend
on Facebook all this time and I didn't have a clue.  Milo and the endless
tasty meals were always a pleasant part of the passing scene.

I wish you peace of mind and a happy heart going forward.  It's never easy,
but I am sure you WILL figure it out.  All the best, my friend.

Marion, a pilgrim




On Thu, 25 Sept 2025 at 17:07, 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
> > >
> > >
> >
>