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Some odds and ends from a scattered mind... A Ship of Fools Mystery Worshipper paid a visit to St. Anne's church this summer. As it happened it was my last day in the parish and I preached, so the MW review includes my sermon. Aside from a puzzling bit about me confusing the Immaculate Conception with the Virgin Birth (two concepts I have quite clear myself but must not have communicated very well) it's a very positive review, about my sermon and the parish in general. Yay! There have been two meat-related fires this week...one in a butcher's shop tonight and one at a pork plant (that's how the Star described it...I suppose it's a processing plant) on Monday. Nobody was hurt in either fire, which is a blessing. Whatever else these fires may or may not have had in common, one thing is for sure - they both must have smelled good. Imagine, a whole factory full of pork, roasting away. Mmmmmm. Pork. Mmmmmm. Someone in the Toronto area has been stealing Legion poppy boxes from stores. (For non-Canucks: every year the Royal Canadian Legion sells plastic poppies, to be worn on lapels as symbols of remembrance for fallen Canadian soldiers.) The rough estimate is that a few hundred dollars and many dozens of poppies were taken. Somewhat related, I've had a huge number of hits on this site by people (many of them teachers, judging by the school ISP's) searching for an image of a poppy. I happen to have just such an image and folks, that's one poppy you can take all you want of. Copy away and use it well, and remember those who died in the service of Canada. In related and even sadder news, this Remembrance Day will see the addition of a whole host of new names into the Seventh Book of Remembrance, the most recent volume of the names of fallen Canadian soldiers. Canadian troops are engaged in combat in Afghanistan and have paid the price.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow We are the Dead. Short days ago Take up our quarrel with the foe:
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It's hardly a major financial setback for the Legion, though this is one of their principle fundraisers, but come on...what sort of debased creep steals the Legion's poppy box? We're talking about elderly gentlemen who fought wars for our sake, selling flowers to remember the dead and to raise money for needy veterans. Who's low enough to steal from them?