Subj : Participation (oven baked motherboards)
To   : Ben Collver
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Tue Feb 17 2026 05:21 pm

Hi Ben,

RH> I "attended" that way several times. In the fall, when we
RH> The last few months tho, we've been working on a merger with another
RH> congregation and AFAIK, they don't broadcast/link in their service
RH> anywhere.

 BC> How'd drive-in style service treat you?

Actually our church had enough property that we were able to sit
outside, tho somewhat scattered, but all within a relatively confined
space. We also did broadcast over a low power radio station if you did
want to sit in your vehicle but most of us preferred to sit outside and
somewhat mingle. Of the 20 weeks we were outside, it only started to
rain once, right after services ended so we stayed dry. We also met an
hour earlier than the normal time so we weren't outside in the heat of
the day.


 BC> I used to attend a spiritual community in Eugene that gave dharma
 BC> talks. During COVID they set up cameras and a large screen so that
 BC> others
 BC> could attend over the Internet.  It was a huge success for the
 BC> community and they grew in size.

 BC> However, i couldn't adjust to it.  I did not like being on camera.
 BC> For community, meditation, philosophy, song, etc. i strongly prefer it
 BC> to be a small, in-person group.  For me, the Internet sucks the joy
 BC> out of
 BC> that stuff.

We tend to go for smaller congregations where we get to know more
people, better. We did join, for a few months until we were transferred
elsewhere, a good sized church in TX; IIRC, it had 1,000+/- members and
a couple of Sunday morning services. Overall, the smaller churches have
been our norm.

BC>       Title: Bluenose Strawberry Soup

RH> How did "bluenose" get into the title? I don't see anywhere where it
RH> would be related to what is in it except maybe the brandy--something
RH> only affordable to the upper classes? Srawberry season will be coming in
RH> a few months; I'll consider making this, leaving out the brandy.

 BC> Dave asked the same thing, and the best i could come up with was the
 BC> following theory:

 BC> The recipe came from a cookbook titled The Strawberry Connection and
 BC> it was in a series of cookbooks that began with The Blueberry
 BC> Connection.  My
 BC> guess is that it began as a blueberry recipe and was adapted for
 BC> strawberries.

OK, sounds like as good a reason as any. We'll be getting fresh
strawberries in the next few months; I'll have to check my supply of
strawberry jam, see if I need to make some this year. My MIL gave me a
strawberry pie recipe decades ago that I try to make at least once (if
not more) during strawberry season.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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