Rev Mibi

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

CPE Day One - Random Dots

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taking a bus and the metro (switching trains once) takes about an hour. driving takes about 45 minutes, but is infinitely more stressful, pa...
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Monday, May 28, 2007

Body Language

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I may have mentioned recently that I've started another diet. This time, it's LA Weight Loss, mostly because it's relatively ine...
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Friday, May 25, 2007

PB Thoughts

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The Presiding Bishop came to Big Old Seminary today to speak to VA clergy on the eve of the consecration of our new Bishop coadjutor. She is...
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Thursday, May 24, 2007

Wood has been sighted

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...on the top of my desk. First time since last fall. I went through the files, shredding bunches of stuff that I normally dispose of in Jan...
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Tuesday, May 22, 2007

The End is Near

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Hebrew final this morning at 10 a.m. I'm praying he puts more emphasis on translation than on vocab and verb paradigms...I am pretty sur...
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Monday, May 21, 2007

progressing

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StrongOpinions will return to Cheesehead Country tomorrow, reasonably well recovered from her illness. I will (finally) take my Hebrew final...
Saturday, May 19, 2007

Home again

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StrongOpinions and I got back here at midnight last night. It's good to be back home. She is feeling well enough to have her friend take...
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Thursday, May 17, 2007

What I Did on my Colorado Vacation

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1. spent three days with StrongOpinions in the hospital. 2. spent two days with StrongOpinions at the home of dear relatives, the Ds. 3. wat...
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Sunday, May 13, 2007

Mother's Day

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I'm having a strange Mother's Day. StrongOpinions called last night from CO, very sick. She went to Urgent Care and still had some m...
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Saturday, May 12, 2007

RM's Extremely Tardy Friday Five

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1. Mac? or PC? PC. Yes, I know the Macs are ever so much cooler, but I go with what I know. Besides, all my seminary buddies who have Macs ...
Friday, May 11, 2007

Oy

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Survived the Old Testament exam. I now only have the Hebrew final ahead of me (Tuesday morning). StrongOpinions is trying to get from boyrfr...
Monday, May 07, 2007

Not a good time

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to take a business trip, but I have to leave for Windy City tomorrow after my last class for a 2 day conference. It pays the rent. Friday wi...
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Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Are We There Yet?

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I finished two more papers over the past three days. One more to go. Still facing one enormous OT exam and the final Hebrew exam, which shou...
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Saturday, April 28, 2007

Living the High Life

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PH is away at a conference (he'll be home tomorrow morning), so I'm enjoying some mother-daughter time with Strong Opinions. She wil...

Why I Have Gray Hair

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Stonemason competing this season. Great air = gray hair. This is why I like it when springtime comes, and he doesn't. Mothering this kid...
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Friday, April 27, 2007

Friday Five: what am I...

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1. Wearing: Light blue sweater set, in honor of our forum on ecological/theological/political issues of water at Big Old Seminary today. Tan...
Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Focus

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I should go to bed and get some sleep, but I'm still wired from a chir rehearsal this evening. We're doing a concert of "B'...
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Thursday, April 19, 2007

Feet

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I have a new addiction. Crocs. Yes, those incredibly ugly but amazingly comfy rubber shoes. I know PeaceBang wouldn't approve, but I swe...
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Tuesday, April 17, 2007

CPE Preparation

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No, it's not reading. No, it's not praying. It's my measles-mumps-rubella titer, to see if I need an MMR shot prior to my work. ...
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Writing in Seminary

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I went to Catholic schools, and for all their flaws, one skill that was drilled into us was expository writing. We dallied with creative wri...
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mibi52/ The Rev. Dr. Mary Brennan Thorpe
Richmond, VA, United States
A second (actually fifth) career Episcopal priest, I am serving as Director of Transition Ministry in the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia. I help parishes find priests and priests find new calls.How did a RC convent girl with a Teamster shop-steward dad end up here? Married to Pastoral Husband, AKA PH, an ordained minister and full-time pastoral counselor. Three kids from the prior marriage: Strong Opinions, artistic 30 y.o. girl trying on the world for size, Stonemason, 32 y.o. guy working with his hands in the North Country, Litigator, highly verbal 34 y.o. with aspirations to be the next Michael Moore. Two stepsons, 4 step grandkids, a cat. Way too many books.Well, there are never too many books...
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