I had this awful feeling of dread Friday and Saturday while flying home from Montreal. Frankly, for the first time I was sure the plane would blow up. I had been either too busy or too tired to read personal email most of the week, between conference madness and the work emergency that popped up and was mine to manage (hence the extra day in ( Read more... )

Duncan has been wanting to go to Mass with me for a very long time; he decided that he would go to Leigh Ann's Requiem Mass with me. In some ways, I think he feels sad that he missed LA's stellar capabilities as a Deacon; but he wasn't ready to see her as priestess -- much of his long delay in deciding when was the "right" time to go was the fact ( Read more... )

I finally got my laptop to talk to the net. No more news except that there is something happening at Baycon and I've not gotten to find that info yet. If you have it, please send to me.

Wow. I can smell the jasmine and roses blooming outside. How wonderful ( Read more... )

I've hardly ever worn black at funerals in the last 20 years. Once, someone asked me to wear a specific dress to his funeral because it was his favorite. (a summer sun dress with teal and white stripes - in January, but...) Generally, I wear something respectful but not black -- to me we are celebrating someone's life. And, because I'm sorting my ( Read more... )