Today and tomorrow, Union Station is hosting the Marines "Toys for Tots" campaign. Lots of Marines in Dress Blues walking around, etc.
I'm getting used to the walking - I've even lost a few pounds - but I've been sick over the last couple of days - chest congestion and asthma. I could barely make it through Choir last night. We rehearse again tomorrow evening - I'm going to have to sign off soon to get some rest.
The weather has been rainy and blustery lately - seems to have settled down for the present.
"Dia shábháil ar fad anseo!"
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This is the Arabic character "nun" – the first letter of the word "Nazarene." I post it as my avatar in solidarity with people of all faiths suffering persecution at the hands of Islam. Many of them are members of the oldest of our Christian Communities, dating from the days of the Apostles. They endure cruel, merciless and unrelenting persecution. They are Orthodox and Catholic, Protestant and Evangelical, Coptic, Pentecostal, and Baptist. To the persecutors they, and we, are all "Nazarenes." |