Transfiguration newsletter

The joy, if you want to call it that, of a heat wave (with high humidity -- well, it's hot and humid for us Pacific Northwesterners) is it's easier to justify more time in the relatively cooler house and catch up on some things. Things like learning my way around The GIMP, a powerful and free image editor but for me a most frustrating user interface ("Beginning GIMP" by Peck is a great guide so far).

Also, I finally got around to reading Fr. Daniel's latest newsletter to the parish, linked from the church website (upper right corner). He does a really great job on these newsletters combining reflections, calendar, parish notes, and even a funny reminder featuring the fictional little parish "St. Swithuns in the Weeds." (Hmmm... something familiar about that fictional little parish in the weeds...)

Plus there is a note about our upcoming patronal festival, August 24th. Some special arrangements are being made for that evening.