Teppy - absolutely horrified about Tim’s dad’s nursing home. Is there some sort of oversight organization that can be complained to?
ION, I had a tooth extracted last week. After the initial pain, the relief of not having an infected tooth has definitely made it worthwhile. I also discover a company that makes delicious pudding called PetitPot - organic French pudding. I had the dark chocolate & the vanilla bean: both extremely tasty.
And this morning I was listening to the podcast Dirt. He told the story of Mary Eleanor Bowes, who was at one time the wealthiest widow in Europe & then through underhandedness married the worst husband in history. Mary Eleanor Bowes is an ancestress of Queen Elizabeth through her mother. [link]
I am definitely going to look for Wendy Moore’s book about her called
Wedlock.
Her second husband was the inspiration for the Thackery’s novel
The Luck of Barry Lyndon
and for the movie too.
Oooh, I have had PetitPot pudding and it is delicious. Yum!
I saw a Facebook notice that there's an ecstatic dance party twice a month in my neighborhood (100% UNsurprising), but I don't want to pay $20 to see what goes on.
It's at 10:30 in the morning on Sundays, and it's described as "All ages. Family friendly. Substance-free, shoe-free, judgment-free." I think I'd require some substances to actually ecstatically dance with strangers.
I bet they are trying to trick people into going to church.
Ah, like those magic show/revivals local churches used to sucker kids into attending.
My mind was going to hippie festival, which COULD happen at 10:30 am, certainly, but getting me there that early is very hard to imagine (unless I had camped there the night before, I suppose, but are Teppy's neighbors into that? I am not a free-range chicken, after all)
Maybe the ecstatic dancers are all chickens! I can't over-emphasize how unsurprised I'd be if that were true.
It's at 10:30 in the morning on Sundays, and it's described as "All ages. Family friendly. Substance-free, shoe-free, judgment-free." I think I'd require some substances to actually ecstatically dance with strangers.
I bet they are trying to trick people into going to church.
Ha!!! That does sound like something one of those hip "culturally relevant" churches would do. "Come dance ecstatically Sunday morning!!!!" (Fine print: "With THE LORD!!!")
It's even cooler than the "brunch church" by me!
Why am I soooo skeptical of this??? [link]
Oh. Huh. I immediately thought of, like bacchanals but modern-day church did not occur to me. Very plausible.
Why am I soooo skeptical of this???
I guess it's the next step on from praise teams that get everyone to wave their arms for Jesus? Wave your entire body!
The older I get, the more I appreciate Bach and pews. (On the rare occasion that I find myself inside a church.)
Steph, I'm sorry about the crap care your FiL received. I'd be thinking lawsuit, too. If a desire to be helpful or professional hasn't motivated the people at his facility, fear of monetary damages seems like something that might. I hope your FiL recovers as completely as possible.
