Sunday is the Feast of Jesus being presented in the Temple as a child.
But the readings we had at Bible Study were different.
We're going to go with the readings for the presentation in the Temple. People won't have them to read, but will need to listen.
Listening is a valuable thing.
Listening is good.
Listening will make us whole.
We'll see....
As I grow older, I am more unsteady.
I fall down--usually coming inside from outside.
Today I fell and broke my glasses.
I don't need them to read or do what I do on-line, but I do need them to drive.
Bern, somehow, found my old glasses and they will let me drive until I see the Eye Doc next week and get new glasses.
We shall see!
(Sorry, I didn't mean to make that allusion.)
...about Trump's becoming President that I thought last Tuesday was Monday and missed my regular zoom call.
I'll do it tomorrow.
Everything that has happened has added to my upset.
I need to figure out how to get over it.
If I can....
You may have heard already, but I love it so much I have to tell it!
Trump's 'gender motion' was screwed up.
It said, "if you are a male or female at 'conception'" that's your gender.
Whoever wrote it didn't realize that the X chromazone--which makes a male doesn't occur until several weeks after conception.
So, at conception, all fetuses are female.
So, according to this definition, we are all girls!!!
I went today, as I do every two weeks, to Waterbury Hospital to get my allergy/asthma shots.
I checked in as always, near the front door and then left with wrist band and papers to Outpatient Medical Services.
But when I go there OMS was nowhere to be found!
The office and treatment area were cleaned out. Nothing was left.
I went to the office nearest the old OMS and asked what was up.
A woman told me it had been moved and there should have been a sign, but there wasn't.
She took me back to the main hallway and said, go down to the very end.
I did and Lo and Behold there is was--much smaller and more crowded with medical stuff.
None of the staff knew why they had been moved.
God and Waterbury Hospital work in mysterious ways....
We're just a few days into what will be a long four years.
Removing the immigrants is horrid enough, but not nearly as bad as giving the January 6 rioters pardons.
Kick out the immigrants, take away the Constitutional guaranteed 'birthright citizenship' and free the criminals, some of whom caused death in their attack on the Capital.
Only 2 of 10 Americans approve of the Capital rioters pardons.
Many more than that voted for the current President.
Are they regretting that now?
I pray so....
The President doesn't seem to realize that everyone it this country came from somewhere else.
Bern is Italian/Hungarian and her parents came here a dozen years before she was born.
My Americanism is longer, but my family came from England and Wales and Sweden.
We exist as a nation because we came from somewhere else.
His plan to remove migrants is against who we are.
Just that.
No more.
Just that....
It snowed last night as predicted, but not as much as the weather people expected.
Three, maybe four inches. But it was so cold that once it fell, it froze, so it was hard to move.
Today was sunny but about 15 degrees.
It was a white, white, white day.
Today is Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Day. We owe him so much. He tried to bring justice and equality to the world. God bless him.
It was also Inauguration Day for the wrong person.
I fear him.
Justice and equality aren't on his agenda.
God help us....
Today was the Annual Meeting at Trinity, where I serve part-time.
I've always hated Annual Meetings--too much talk, takes too long, not much happens.
Today wasn't as bad at most.
Reports in writing. Moved along well. Took under and hour.
Not so bad as most.
I wish Annual Meetings were on line....
To be honest, I don't think 'wine' and 'wisdom' are related.
But I drink Pinot Grigio every night. It's the only thing I drink.
I'm not so wise, but I am smart.
My IQ was always about 155.
I do well on on-line tests.
But I am afraid of the next 4 years under Trump.
So afraid.
And not to wise.
More wine than usual, I suspect, to get to 2029--if I live that long.
Shalom. Have a glass of wine....
At Bible Study today, it bothered some that when Mary told Jesus the wedding in Cana was out of wine, that he called her "woman".
My Bible foot note said it was, in the first century, a term of 'affection and respect".
That gave me the idea for my sermon Sunday.
We will see.
We will see....
There has been a full moon the last few nights.
I can see it out the window where I'm sitting.
And it will begin to wane now.
Waxing and waning are interesting words.
But it is 10 degrees outside.
Very cold.
I love a full moon and hate the cold.
That's just me.
I had to go to Big-Y at 10 because the afternoon was busy.
I'm making coconut cod and lobster rolls with salad and potato tots for dinner.
At 2:30 we took Brigit to the Vet.
She's very well. Plus the Vet is a pretty woman.
Then at 3:30 we took Bern's truck to English Auto for a check-up in the morning.
Whew! That's a lot for me on a Monday....
Bern's talking to our youngest grand-daughter on zoom right now and I'm writing this.
Soon, I'll go make dinner.
Then, at 7, my favorite TV show.
Long day for me....
Things went well at church today.
We did Eucharistic Prayer C--which is my favorite.
Four ladies who used to go to another church did a great coffee hour.
As always, the music from Michael Ford was great.
My sermon was well received and quoted in today's newsletter.
All was well.
All was well.
All was well....
I couldn't get my printer to work to print out my sermon.
We had a new router installed and I didn't know what to do.
I wrote out my sermon by hand--which I could barely read!
But Bern figured it out and printed out my sermon.
Now I can read it....
Thank God for Bern.
For many reasons...so many...so many....
Sunday is the Baptism of Christ.
I'll be talking about baptism.
I have a lot to say.
I will let you know what I say.
Ponder your baptism.
OK?
We didn't have Wed. Bible Study at Trinity during December.
But we were back today.
I actually missed everything about it but the 32 mile drive to get there.
Those who come are insightful and willing to share their thoughts.
I like the interaction.
We're reading the lessons for the next Sunday these days.
It sometimes helps me with my sermon.
We'll see on Sunday....
I spent much of my life there. Both our children were born there. Bern and I are both from McDowell County (which if you are from there is pronounced "MackDowell".)
But I spoke on the phone today with a woman from the Church Insurance Company who was, inexplicably in Charleston, WV.
She said Charleston was shut down by snow.
Since West Virginia is used to snow, there must be a lot.
Today in CT was sunny and cold--but no more snow.
When we lived there, West Virginia was one of the Bluest states in the nation.
Today, it is deep Red.
Another reason I'm glad I'm not there.
Give me Democratic solid CT any day--for all the cold up here.
It snowed today.
Not a lot, just ground cover.
But it's 'cold'.
And you know how I feel about that.
I went out this morning before the snow. I had on a Tee-shirt, a thick sweater, a Kansas City Chiefs jacket and a winter coat.
And I was cold.
But the good news/bad news of the day is that there was no demonstration at the snowy Capital--and Trump was declared the President-elect.
Lordy, Lordy, what will the next 4 years hold?
Mostly stuff I'll feel about the way I feel about the cold!
God help us....
The service at Trinity, Milton today was good.
They have a great musician.
And, of course, a great priest!
Smaller crowd than usual--probably because of the cold.
But Good Music and a wondrous coffee hour.
I'm on the next two Sundays--which meets my limit of 3 a month.
We're also starting Bible Study up on Wednesday. We were off for December and New Year's Day.
I've missed it.
Very insightful people come, more than willing to share their opinions.
A good hour each week.
A New Year today.
I've seen 77 of them and will age a year come April.
Lots of college football, but none I was interested in watching.
I'm waiting for 7 p.m. and Jeopardy. for some reason my favorite show.
Bern always knows more answers than I do--but I'm not jealous.
I love the competition and watching one of the three try to distance themselves from the other two.
And the questions are entertaining in and of themselves.
So, after dinner, that's where I'll be--in the TV room.
