Because of the storm due today and tomorrow, Milton cancelled church for Sunday.
I have next Sunday off.
I'm beginning to feel really retired!
I certainly don't want the storm to be as bad as it could be, but if it isn't the Wardens will feel like they made a mistake.
My sermon is pretty good--though there is no one to preach it to. I could ask Bern to listen, but that would cause a storm inside....
Earlier than I expect, the plants from deck migrated inside, with Bern's help, of course.
A storm is coming up the East Coast and she wanted them inside before it hit. We may or maynot get a lot, but wind anyway is coming tomorrow and Sunday.
Actually, she did a great job placing them around the downstairs. Very well done. And not to crowded.
So, we'll see about the storm and how it will go in Milton when I go to church Sunday.
It's 'undie Sunday' when folks bring underwear to give to the places that serve the needy. The folks at Trinity do a lot for those in need--food, clothes, serving in person.
As a small church, they do more than larger ones do.
God bless them.
And God bless Bern's plants. Though she says she needs some kind of light that acts like sunlight. I'm anxious to see such a thing....
I am very cold natured and Bern is warm natured.
I'm chilly when it's under 70 and Bern is too hot when it's 60 or so.
So, this time of year we battle over the thermostat.
She always wins!
The thermostat has been at 55 all summer and is still there...until today!
I've been wearing a long sleeve shirt, a sweater and a light jacket--INDOORS--for two weeks.
Today she told me the thermostat was now set at 65!
(I'd go for 75, but we've split the difference.)
She said if she started sweating it goes back down.
Sweating at 65 degrees???
She might--she's that warm natured....
A.T.'s funeral will be a week from Friday. Full service with communion,
B.S., our Sr. Warden, has put out two on-line newsletters about her, the second with moving thoughts from other church members.
I will miss her.
But, not to be morose--just factual--our time will come.
Yes it will, beloved.
Yes it will....
A.T. died Sunday night.
She was in her 80's (I no longer call that 'old' since I'm 79) and a dear sweet lady.
I only know her from church and visiting her in her home during her last days.
Her son has done a remarkable job of taking care of her.
He would bring her to church and leave her at the front door after saying hello to everyone back there.
She would kiss my cheek and tell me she liked my hair. A lot of people don't like my hair.
C. or someone else would help her up to communion.
She was a bright light, even during her last days.
I gave her communion in her bed, she dipped the wafer in the wine and put it in her mouth.
A few moments later, she said, "I didn't drop it!" and laughed.
Such a kind and humorous soul.
I will miss her.
I pray God welcomed her home....
I was coming, as a priest, to visit a new church. MAL, a friend of many years but now dead, was the retiring priest (she never was a priest.)
We were going to a small morning prayer, but I suggested doing a eucharist and she agreed.
When we got there, the church was packed with people. I was wandering around, amazed by the turnout, when I found myself lying on a table, unable to sit up.
Two folks were there and I begged them to help me stand up for the service but when I tried to touch them my hand went right through them. They weren't real.
I found myself trying to sit up with all my strength and when I woke up I was sitting on the side of our bed, one foot on the floor.
I laid back down and covered up--it was chilly--and tried to figure out my dream.
I feel asleep before I could figure it out....
Ok, the trumpster is now forbidding reporters from 3 major news organizations from coming to the White House.
It's illegal and unconstitutional, but until a court makes that clear he won't relent.
I think he's losing it--not just his popularity (which is at record low) but his mind.
How our country elected this guy twice is beyond me.
Lots of MAGA folks are regretting it.
Good!
But too late.
Two more years, beloved.
Even if the Dems win the House and Senate, this moron will be President for two more v e r y l o n g y e a r s.
