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[felicula]

We came home from the countryside to a message from my Mom. My Great Uncle Jim (for some reason we all called him "Uncle Herbie" when I was little) died in his sleep. His neighbors noticed a change in his activity and went over to check on him.

Last summer I attended a big party in honor of the 50th anniversary of his ordination as a Roman Catholic priest. He was a fixture throughout my childhood, caring for my Great-Grandmother until she died at age 93. I remember playing hide-and-seek in the sanctuary of St. Anthony's in Farnham, NY where he was the pastor. I remember old bottles of pop in the rectory basement: remnants from his family's old-style, mom-and-pop bottling company. His heart probably would have stopped if he had ever found out I was Pagan, but I feel a spiritual kinship anyhow. The traditions we follow are different, but both of us have a deep connection to the Whole.

He was a good man.

I will be going to his funeral on Thursday.

Comments

[blackfelicula.livejournal.com]

***gazes skyward*** Is something going retrograde?

Yeah. ***hugs*** Thanks.

[marared.livejournal.com]

Funny you should say -- I think Mercury IS in retrograde!

(I take none of it seriously, but the coincidences are sometimes pretty hilarious. You'd think I'd take the astrological hint to stay away from Scorpio boys, though...)

[phoenixsong]

From http://www.astrologyweekly.com/astrology-articles/mercury-retrograde.php:

"Don't enroll to courses, don't buy expensive Mercurian items (books, cars, mobile phones etc.), don't sign important contracts and do not marry."

BWAHAHAHAHAH...oh, crap s:P~

[marared.livejournal.com]

And I'm going to a bookstore the size of an entire city block this weekend!

[blackfelicula.livejournal.com]

Yikes!

Oh man... Saturday's forecast says Scattered Thunderstorms as well. When it rains, it pours? (I hope not....)

[blackfelicula.livejournal.com]

That's why I asked. I'm not an avid follower of horoscopes, but more often than not if things are going to hell in a handbasket from too many directions it turns out something is in retrograde. Bdach.

[marared.livejournal.com]

I haven't ever really paid attention, but there's a professional astrologer over on the bpal forum who's made mention of it, which is the only reason I know about it this week.