Povey Prattle

I heard an animal noise coming from outside of my home  in the wee hours of this morning.   I guessed that it was a fox. We (in the neighbourhood)  see a single scrawny fox from time to time, often at daybreak.   By coincidence my friend Megan who lives in Maryland also heard an animal noise last night - she too guessed that it was a fox, and found this video which confirmed what we had thought.   It was either a very loud fox, or there was one in MD and another in FL.   http://youtu.be/uIR8RtI9kaw   Penne slept through the entire performance.   ( I imagine that the sound of  a barking fox is commonplace in the U.K. where they have settled in as urban inhabitants).

1,  EPIC.   No, your marriage proposal may have been unusual but it was not epic. ( "Epic" should be reserved for events such as the 19th C races to the north and south poles, or Hilary and Tensing's ascent to the peak of Everest in the 1950's. etc. ) 2, ICONIC. Please use this word judiciously and sparingly. An icon (in historic and traditional use) is a piece of religious art which has been written into being, and which points through itself to a great and profound spiritual truth. The "writer"  (artist) always longs and prays that her/his "art" will be a window to the sublime and eternal. American Football/ European Soccer/Athletic/ and Sporting events (etc.) may well be exciting or  fascinating.  Advertisements and/or buildings may have their charm. But none of these are "iconic" unless the sports women/ men, or the ad. agency, or the architect and builders had a  prayerful intention - one which is designed to point their ski

Originally posted yesterday with a different title Allegiant Air is a quirky American airline which has carved out a bit of the U.S. market by using (approximately)  100 otherwise under-utilized airports. All Allegiant flights are nonstop - Allegiant does not offer one-stop or connecting flights. Nor are there daily Allegiant flights. I used Allegiant a few years ago when I flew from and to the St. Petersburg/Clearwater FL airport to Chattanooga TN for my visit to the University of the South's School of Theology in Sewanee TN. Some of you may remember that I used Allegiant again last year when I flew up to visit my winter neighbours Ed Green and Eddie Palmer at their summer home in Hendersonville NC. I booked my flight from St. Petersburg/Clearwater to Greensboro', N.C. and back  -  but I should have flown into Greenville/Spartanburg  S.C.  Ed and Eddie were delightfully understanding about this since they had also once made the same mistake.  They were good enough to driv

One of my  Facebook friends posted this. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   The Phoenix, Arizona area had unusually heavy rains this week as a result of Hurricane Norbert.  I wrote my friend Joyce V-T and expressed my concerns for her safety.   Here is her delightful reply:   "Fabulous weather, thunder, lightning, pouring rain.  I live near the washes so I am flooded in, how great is that!!  Took Curly  (her dog) out for a walk w/my umbrella.  I enjoyed it more than he.  The highlight of my morning is my next door neighbor’s 2 yr old dtr Olivia, outside w/her Mommy dancing in the puddles and getting soaked and loving every minute.  The joy of a child and the delight at just being alive set the tone for my day.  Hope yours is as joy-filled" 

Lunch today Delicious salad with mixed greens, melon, nuts and blue cheese  (oil and vinegar dressing) Home made carrot and ginger soup Fresh and juicy sliced peaches. It gets better My lunch was at the home of the ever fabulous Ron and Charlotte Thompson.  They are such good people.

breakfast Trader Joe's "Greek Style" yoghourt, with honey and blueberries lunch Quinoa, diced red orange and green peppers, a diced plum tomato, canned black beans (in their liquid), and "Morningstar" brand spicy black bean (veggie) burgers -  all in one skillet and gently sautéed for about thirty minutes. dinner Bean sprouts, radishes, sliced "Ugly Ripe" brand tomatoes (the best) with fresh basil, and home-made tuna salad.

I've just read "No Easy Day - The Autobiography Of A Navy Seal" - The Firsthand Account Of The Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden".    By Navy Seal "Mark Owen" (pseudonym) and ghost written by Kevin Maurer, (Penguin Group USA Inc. 2012). When I was the Vicar at St. Christopher's in Chicopee, MA I had a parishioner who would disappear from home and family life for months at a time.  I knew that he was in the U.S. Navy. He once said that he could not possibly tell me a single thing about "what he was up to" during those absences.  I guessed him to be a Navy Seal, and I think that I was right. One of the other Chicopee parishioners was an Army Ranger. The Owen/Maurer book  (loaned to me by a friend who is a U.S. Navy Captain, Retd.) is an eye-opener into the amazing lives of Navy Seals. They, ( with other special-ops members of the military - tip of the hat to the Rangers!) are an elite, almost a breed apart. But they were not born tha