Is it really December?

My goodness... I've just remembered there's a blog that I used to write :-)
And it seems the months are passing as quickly now as did the days and weeks when we first got here. Tomorrow, 4 months ago, we left the UK--and arrived a day later than planned, thanks to the hyperactive gate personnel of Virgin Atlantic who would not let us on the plane. That's so long ago, yet the memory is still lingering...

So what's happened since Thanksgiving? Funerals is the first thing that comes to mind. Quite a number of them which I either conducted or attended. Moments to re-order one's priorities, and align them more along the values of Infinite Wisdom. Also moments to cherish what the old-time churchgoers call: The Blessed Hope!

At the beginning of the month Barbara and I had the chance to get off the island to attend a conference in Huntsville, Alabama--deep South, and freezing cold. That was quite nice, seeing how cheap stuff is in the rest of the Western world--good grief, is that the first thing that comes to mind? Commerce? Shopping?? Have I acclimatised already?

Do I miss the UK? It's difficult to say, one gets used to new surroundings astonishingly quickly.
Church life is good, but challenging--just like back in England.
Christmas is coming round, and with it probably some homesickness...

Temperatures have come down, not as low as in England, but low enough to feel "cold". However, the sun comes out every now and then during the day, and, unlike in England, is actually quite warm. The other day I sat in the sun, in a T-shirt and had to remind myself that it was the beginning of December. DECEMBER!

And? Well, the bus pass in December is purple.