We didn't die!

And the guy from Standard Oil came and discovered out hose from the oil tank to the furnace was blocked.

Hence the noise.

He replaced it and we have good and silent heat again.

Good for him and us!

And today was pretty warm.

Thank goodness.

But rain and some snow tonight. We'll see.

On a lighter note, I went to Trinity in Milton today for Bible study. We've been looking at the women of the Bible for several weeks and today we did Mary, the mother of Jesus.

No birth narrative in Mark or John, but some in Matthew and a lot in Luke.

We also read the three passages in Mt., Mk. and Luke about Jesus being in a crowded house and not coming out to greet Mary and his brothers (and sisters in Luke) and calling those who followed him his mother and brothers and sisters.

People in the class didn't like how Jesus seemed to reject his blood relatives.

But in John, on the cross, he tells his mother that the beloved disciple (John) is her son and tells John that Mary is his mother. And John took her into his home from that day forward.

We are never told that Joseph had died, but he must have if Mary needed a man to look after her.

All in all, I very good class. I love the women in the Bible.