Becoming a teenager

This Friday PA governor Tom Wolf has announced the opening of golf courses, marinas and campgrounds if they follow the new virus precautions. He will also soon be announcing which counties in PA can begin opening as early as May 8. We think that Erie County will be among them as our cases per 1,000 residents are quite small.

Through today we have had:
87 cases, 2 deaths
53% of the infected are female
63% are Caucasian
32% are in the 25-49 age group, the largest group affected
Zone 1, the City of Erie, has had 54 of the 87 cases.

Forsythia at Benetwood Apartments. Beautiful this year.

Thirteen years ago, on April 30, 2007 I began this blog. There was no photo accompaniment, not much in design or colors. Just a little text and a really humble beginning. Can't believe it's been that long, it feels sort of like 6-7 years, at most. Here's the very first entry of over 1,300 posts since. Geeessssh!

Stained-Glass Windows

We are all still reeling from the "official" opening of the renovated chapel this weekend. This morning's Morning Praise was breathtaking. The no-longer-carpeted floor, now ceramic tiled....and the no-longer acoustically-tiled ceiling, now Pennsylvania natural wood have transformed the sounds of the chant and music. It is overwhelming. The 16 floor to ceiling stained-glass windows still make up the north and south walls. I'm taking a seat on the north side, facing south, so that I have a view of the morning sun through the windows and their reflections on the tiles.

One of the most popular Benedictine mottoes fits the day: That in all things may God be glorified.