Yesterday was a pretty full day and in a pleasant way. There was Mass at Ascension, a crisp excursion complete with an art exhibit following the service. They have a new Associate Priest, a woman, and yesterday happened to be her first day on the job. She gave the homily, and presided over a Coffee Hour discussion of a quilt she had created. It was ( Read more... )

Ordinarily, I'd be writing about the mother of one of our vestrymen who was memorialized yesterday afternoon a full year after her death. But, she wasn't a member of St. Michael's and I never knew her, so the spotlight was easily stolen by the appearance of Regina accompanied by her husband Aaron. She looked a little frail and she was wearing a ( Read more... )

I have it on good authority that Aaron thought I was one of his "highlights" at the workshop.

It's a strange thing about co-counseling relationships. They're really built on snippets of time spent together, usually on the verge of tears or trying very hard to get at some very angry feelings. We don't get to go off into the sunset with each other. We meet then break camp and then meet again maybe months, maybe years later. Aaron and I ( Read more... )

Darryl's farewell had all the trappings of a final concert with many testimonials, first from our support group and then a rather public "seeing off" from Boris during breakfast. The latter, a boyish looking forty-something who was seated next to me, was as nervous as a tick as he sought to time every mouthful of yogurt he took with the exact ( Read more... )

I am probably the worst wing man in G-d's Creation. When I go out with someone I want all the attention on me, not on every good looking stranger who walks into a bar. That's probably true regardless of the friend's sexual persuasion; my usual stance is that no one is good enough for them anyway. I suppose, that's one reason I don't go out all that ( Read more... )