Povey Prattle

I had not thought about this until this morning -  even horses need Dentists. This truck was just ahead of me at a traffic light as I wad driving north from Proctor Ave, on "The Trail" in SRQ Many of the Dentists I know are more used to dealing with Horse's Asses than with the entire beast.

Our local (and "pretty good")  Suncoast Technical College ..... .......   is just the place t o attend for those who wish to have careers in Criminal Justice . Firefighting, Health Care, Catering  (cooks and chefs), Early Childhood Education;  or as Plumbers, Electricians and Paramedics  -  and so many other fields. I am grateful that Sarasota County  (FL)  (via its Schools Department) has decided that public education  does not end at 12th Grade in High School; and that Technical and Community Colleges are (in the broad scheme of things) as important and essential to our common life as are our vaunted and valued so-called "Ivy League" Colleges. I am also grateful that S.T.C   has not forgotten folks such as I  (old and retired) via an  ADULT COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT  Division. Thus it will be that in May 2017  I plan to take a four week course named "The Amish and their Customs and Traditions". "Why thi...

Ben was all tuckered out after making three pastoral visits on Easter Day.

Saint Boniface Church, Siesta Key, FL.  High Altar and Stained Glass window, Easter Day 2017 Photo' via Barbara F-C I was at the "early"  (7:45 a,.m.) celebration of Easter at St. B's this morning, together with about fifty other sisters and brothers. Anglican/Episcopalian early morning services are never very exciting or energetic.  They are designed that way for those of us who are morning people. So today's service at 7:45 a.m. did not (and could not) convey the exuberance which is palpable at later morning Eucharists with their bells, brass instruments, superb organ music and glorious choral music. That's perfectly fine. For at "early services" the Gospel is heard, and the Bread and Wine are shared, and God's people are fed. To put it another way -  the early service is like a simple breakfast with cereal, toast, and tea or coffee.  The later service  (especially on great festival days) is more like ...