Woman Wants Towel

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

Gone fishing – for peace.

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One, God of Memory,

In my “golden age,” grant me memory. I want to remember people and events from throughout my life, for they make up the pieces of the whole that is my life. Now past sixty, I am grateful for the things that help remind me of parts of my past – photographs and mementos and other people who refresh my own memory. Again, it rekindles parts of my life experience and helps me treasure it even more.

Thank you, too, for the reminders of our collective human past, before my personal entry into the world. History books, older people, historians, museums, all of them help me place myself in the larger human experience, making my life richer and more fully aware.

Do you have things that help you remember? Maybe you don’t need reminders, but for me they add to the joy.
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“My brother James will take over as head of the church when I’m gone.”

[The dynasty never happened.]

D. Blog: Woman and Her Towel

Angela Maria Barnard, 41, of Asheville, charged with obtaining property by false pretense and misdemeanor larceny. According to arrest warrants, Barnard presented an unsold towel as her own to exchange for another unsold towel. Bond was set at $1,000.
– Asheville Citizen-Times, August 29, 2009

[A towel? Policing here has become far too dangerous!!]