DIARY
– YESTERDAY – A good day. I got a lot accomplished, and wnet up to the roof to start reading Wittgenstein’s Mistress which I am enjoying greatly so far. Of course, I have to reread Ryder… that’s not going so hot, and I barely cracked Gravity’s Rainbow. But I’m close enough to the end that I can negotiate whatever problems I’m presently facing, and I’ll be able to catchup this summer on whatever I haven’t read.
At seven I met Jess at the Oratory Church of St. Boniface for the Holy Thursday Mass. It was a remarkable setup; that church never fails to amaze me. They had the chairs rings un concentric circles about the altar. While this made for confusion during communion, the effect was heightened and intimate throughout. The crosses were all covered, of course, and purple light mingled with the rest. The place was dense with people, and during the washing of the feet, people were led up to the sanctuary, more removed than usual. As a result, the rite seemed almost like a staged performance or a movie because of the distance in between. Afterward, we processed around the church, with adoration of the host in a small chapel, and almost empty white room with wooden floors. And, of course, plenty of spoke; that church is in love with incense. And the homily was intense… but that’s all of this thing I can perhaps appropriately convey. It was the first time in six years I’ve not attended Holy Thursday at St. Thomas in Hyde Park, and while I don’t really think any church could be a “replacement,” I have to admire and respect the gravity and seriousness demonstrated by the Oratory of St. Boniface.
They had a small courtyard separating the church from the rectory, and on two sides, the buildings of Downtown Brooklyn soared overhead to a height of maybe thirty stories – the Metrotech Center and another. We had a full moon last night.
Back home, spaghetti and popcorn.
– WEATHER – East of the Mississippi, rain and storms all weekend long. Sorry. And more rain in California. Sorry.
– TIGERS – They lost to the White Sox again, meaning a sweep. More, the two teams are now tied for second in the AL Central division. It was a weird game, though. While each team’s star hitter, Jim Thome and Chris Shelton, each delivered, the star pitchers, Jon Gardner and Justin Verlander did not. That’s oversimplifying it, and as in the last two days, the Sox did enough better to win, but there were runs all over the place, and the final score was nine to thirteen. And, for the second day in a row, the Tigers stacked the deck in the bottom of the ninth, only for a final strikeout. So it goes. More detail here.
– APRIL – Is customer loyalty month.
– TODAY – Is Good Friday.
– TOMORROW – Is Income Tax Day, Jackie Robinson Day, and Holy Saturday.
– SUNDAY – Is Easter.
– HAPPY BIRTHDAY – Today – Anne Sullivan and Arnold Toynbee. Tomorrow – Leonardo da Vinci, Leonhard Euler, Bessie Smith, Harold Washington, and Emma Watson. Friday – Charlie Chaplin, the Pope.
NATION OF THE WEEK
Afghanistan.
QUESTION OF THE DAY
Why?
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