Povey Prattle

I officiated at the wedding of Erin Elizabeth Brennan and Hung Wei Lee. It took place at the Mable Ringling Rose Garden at the Ringling Complex here in SRQ. (Yes her name was spelled "Mable") Check this website for details of the Ringling Complex: http://www.ringling.org/Grounds.aspx

.......... let’s fall in love. The mockingbirds are around again. Not as many, it seems, as last spring. They are nesting and breeding. The crows (i.e. “gangsta birds”) know this, and with this knowledge they are trying to rob nests. “Not so quick” the mockingbirds say. They call for aid, and are joined by others – a group effort to protect the fledglings. I watch with delight as the “mosquito” jets drive off the “junker” bombers. “The Battle of Britain” re-enacted! I walk by the pond. I notice the shallow sandy depressions at the bottom of the pond. They are nests. Fishes – maybe Tilapia or Bass have “fallen in love” and the nests are hives of tiny fish, with an adult hovering above. Down the road a bit in Osprey I saw a pair of Sandhill Cranes fly over. These magnificent birds mate for life. They usually have but one chick per year. My host told me that this couple has two chicks – chicks which they will guard with their lives. Tomorrow I will officiate at the wedding of Hung ...

I have known Joe Rokowski since 1980 and have known his wife Deanne since 1988. They've just visited me in SRQ for a couple of days with their children Faith (nearly 13) and Ben (9). A splendid time was had by all. (Photo's removed)

I'll be off blog for two days. Good friends Joe and Deanne Rokwoski, with their children Faith and Ben are visiting, and I am spending very many pleasant hours with them. See you on Thursday

I have “had it” with “Christian” right wingers They are wrong. #1. The Pope is a delusional megalomaniac. The use of condoms does not, as he believes, contribute to the spread of AIDS. He is blinkered, ignorant, or wilfully stupid if he believes this. #2. Bishop Duncan (formerly of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh [USA]) asserts that my beloved Episcopal Church has created a “new religion”. He offers not one shred of evidence to support his views. He simply asserts this, but his assertion is no more than his opinion. I know not of one Episcopal Church leader who denies the truth of the Holy Scriptures or of the Creeds I think that the Bishop lives in an un-parallel world of his own ego and imagination #3. In a recent NPR radio programme, a spokesman for the Protestant “Liberty University” in Lynchburg, VA, (a creation of a fundamentalist preacher - Jerry Falwell), opposed gay marriages or unions , and the adoption of children by gay/lesbian couples. He did so on the ...

I wept copiously today. Not to worry. I was cutting up the red onion for a salad. (These were some of the salad fixings for the dinner I had for Ben, Ron, Charlotte, and Dave. Aren't those colours just great!)