sunday morning

 

online church this morning . . this was so beautiful and sweet. several members of the choir played the ukulele and sang count on me by bruno mars.

i was supposed to put away several christmas scenes that i had left out after taking the tree down . . but talked with my sister on the phone instead, and reviewed a best friends online orientation video. they've begun in person trainings for several shifts in the center which now have open sign ups. we had leftover split pea soup with chanda this evening for dinner. it was another cold day, though the snow began disappearing on the fire escape.

cappuccino, church and more zooming

morning cappuccino and panettone . . it was so dark this morning that this photo looks like it was taken at night.

church is back on zoom for the congregation, though they're holding it in the sanctuary (with only four members of the choir, the choir director, a few readers and reverend ana).

figaro has the funniest sleeping positions. he's also starting to outgrow his little house.

helping morgan clean nana's old ice skate case.

looking good after a little bit of walnut oil.

zooming with our friend marlene (their acting teacher from hb studio).

 

leftovers for dinner (morgan and i watched being the ricardos on the free apple tv i have. it was very good.)

(i think i better take a few pics of pluto! he's been sadly neglected in that department.)

sunday at home -- week three

sea song

to sea! to sea! the calm is o'er

the wanton water leaps in sport,

and rattles down the pebbly shore,

the dolphin wheels, the sea cows snort,

and unseen mermaid's pearly song

comes bubbling up, the weeds among.

fling broad the sail, dip deep the oar:

to sea! to sea! the calm is o'er.

to sea! to sea! our white winged bark

shall billowing cleave its watery way,

and with its shadow, fleet and dark,

break the caved tritons' azure day,

like mountain eagle soaring light

o'er antelopes on alpine height.

the anchor heaves! the ship swings free!

our sails swell full! to sea! to sea!

by thomas lovell beddoes (1803 - 1849)

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 for breakfast we had my mom and aunt's german pancake recipe and chicken sausages, orange juice and green tea; and then we had our church service with first unitarian universalist society of brooklyn, in which korrina joined in from queens. now i'm listening to governor cuomo. this evening we'll talk to korrina all together at dinner time at 5 pm. maybe i'll text morgana to join in.

(p.s. it's rather chilly today, 44 degrees, cloudy and rainy . . seemingly always 44, or 45 or 47 degrees.)

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dinner with korrina and morgana:

 around 5:30 pm, we whatsapped with korrina and morgana. morgana called in first and then i added korrina, who had been cleaning up the kitchen and getting a snack together. korrina had been making two kinds of dumplings, veggie and pork filled. it was 10:30 in the uk and morgan had been on two walks in the countryside, in the morning and in the evening, through the fields and through town. chanda, greg and i ate the last of our italian wedding soup while we talked, and it felt good to sing the blessing together at the beginning of the meal. morgan is excited to be putting together a solo performance for school that will go up on zoom sometime in may or june, i believe. it felt wonderful to talk together.

sunday service at home

 we lit our candles this morning during our online church service. the one on the left was a gift from eva's charlotte which arrived yesterday.

waiting for it to begin . .

brunch . . greg made us feta cheese omelettes.

sunday service, afternoon errands and conversations

our unitarian universalist church had their service online this morning. i texted korrina to remind her and she was able to tap in at work . . or she was on her way to work.

it was a good way to begin the day, after having breakfast with greg and chanda. 

we began with morning has broken, which i just learned from this youtube posting, was written by author eleanor farjeon. 

sometimes the sermon is posted on the church's website, but i don't see it this evening. however, you can see the full video on the facebook page, under "videos," which you can see here if you would like.

the service ended with the hymn spirit of life.

afterwards, greg and i walked to the bed, bath and beyond store to see if they had the pur water filters we use, along with a few other things, including almonds from a health food store on 7th avenue on the return walk. then i met my friend janet in the park while greg moved the car (and picked up walnuts and granola bars from another local health food store-i think we're all stocked up now on necessities).

at home i finally got in touch with my sister. my nephew's surgery sounded rather serious. in addition to having surgery on his intestine due to the diverticulitis, he had his appendix out and a hernia removed. they were finishing moving dishes and pots and pans and other small items from the old apartment to the new apartment, and he went along promising not to lift anything and to sit and rest. they moved big furniture items yesterday with several of his friends. he's settled now in his new place of residence, which is much closer to his job. my sister isn't sure when they will start for home. she'd like to wait until the check up with his doctor later in the week.

i also spoke with my cousin via facetime, which was fun. she's working from home now also. it felt reassuring to catch up with the family news.

this evening i listened to the virtual town hall my state senator (brad hoylman) had set up with three professors: two being virologists, and one being a professor of microbiology and immunology. they reiterated what i've been reading: that covid19 is very serious and we need to take strict precautions to slow its spread, which means limiting contact with everyone outside one's immediate family.

(sigh) . . i think it's time for sleep. i'm feeling very tired tonight. right now it's very peaceful, as my neighbor upstairs is finally quiet. i think it's the son, home from college . . it just might be a long few months!