Let’s be honest. Traditionally, most people cooked turkey once or twice a year but the sides were in regular rotation so they were proficient at them. That’s why they tasted better.

Not sure I’ve ever had Mac and cheese at a Thanksgiving dinner

Or two, or more. The Harvard Square cinema showed second-run double features all day everyday. On hot summer afternoons, I would pay 2 bucks and sit in ac and watch whatever was playing. It was either that or the rare book room, the only other place with ac.

Might I suggest a stay in a sanatorium in the alps? Or, read The Magic Mountain.

A deacon at Grace wrote a novel in the 80s that featured the ghost of Jackson Kemper haunting our church ⚓️

175 year-old buildin, columbarium, creaky pipes

Said it for the first time this year today

Blessed to have known her.

Lucky you! One of mine jumps on the bed as soon as I start changing sheets and obstructs me at every step. Often his brother piles on. It’s great fun.

No. Most do it in January which is problematic both because of the possibility of bad weather and the chance the Packers make the playoffs

We had several people create an oral history project in the late 80s and 90s that will be fascinating for future historians of the parish

I think there are several reasons for this. 1) the readily available sources; 2) they are usually written by passionate laypeople and amateur historians who want to record what they think was most important; 3) parish records record numbers; parish vitality and ministry is harder to access