Povey Prattle

How do we come to terms with the death of our nearest and dearest? We  cannot ( Unless   we all too  readily accept the oft-times facile and simplistic "religious reasonings" about eternal life). How do we come to terms with grief? That's impossible.   (We must welcome grief, and allow it to become a part of who we are). In the meantime we must allow ourselves to be grief-stricken, to be angry, and  to feel a sense of despair, helplessness and hopelessness when our nearest and dearest die. My dear brother Steve died at the age of 63.  That's shitty. Of course, the death of a younger brother should be shitty. It's much too soon for me to be consoled. I, with my other  siblings, together with  Steve's wife,children and grand-children are angry, sad and despairing.  The hope of eternal life in God;s presence is all very well,  but we'd prefer to have Steve with us here and now. ------------------------------...

In a recent e-mail to a friend and brother Priest  I referred to "my sexuality" Good Lord above, that was so wrong! It was as if human sexuality was a matter of preference along the lines of "do you prefer Fords or Chevies?" or would you rather eat a banana or an apple? The truth is that i do not have a "sexuality". What I have is me.  It is a "gay" me, determined by birth, and thus a gift of creation/genetic inheritance/or God. It is me, whom I am intended to be. It is not my choice. It is who I am! NO MORE AND NO LESS

My local Supermarket is a a branch of the Florida based "Publix" chain. I have mixed feelings about Publix. One the one hand their stores are bright and clean, with a fairly good array of produce, fish  and meats. It is believed that Publix treats its employees well. On the other hand Publix has a virtual monopoly in Florida, holding  about 64 % of the Supermarket business, with the remaining 36% divided between  upscale stores such as Fresh Market, Trader Joe. and Whole Foods, and the perennially failing Winn-Dixie.   I do not like monopolies and I wish that Publix had a more viable competitor. When reaching the check out at Publix it is to be greeted with a well memorised script. FIRST   "Did you find everything?". I sometimes say "no" just to get the cashier's attention. When asked why I said "no" I reply   "I was looking for the meaning of life but couldn't find it here" SECOND   "Is plastic O.K?"...

Here it is again.. I asked "why did I bring these items from the U.K. to the U.S.A.?" It has to do with cooking. For you see,  U.K. and U.S.A. solid and liquid  measures are not  identical. Thus when I am using a U.K. recipe I have to remember that tablespoons and teaspoons have different sizes in the U.K. than in the U..S.A,,  and  that American and British pints differ. It's hard, though not impossible, to make the mental adjustments so (to make my culinary adventures easier)  I came back to my home with some U.K. measuring items. U.K. Tablespoon (L)                                                                                 (U.S.A. Tablespoon (R) U.S.A. Teaspoon (L)                 ...

I imported these three items from the U.K. Do you know why?

18th July 2016,  Sarasota FL  at 3:49 p.m. (USA Eastern Summer Tine) 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Lunch today (18th July 2016)  - fabulous Vegetable Soup, made from scratch by my friend , the ever blessed Charlotte \