THE FIRE THAT ALMOST STOLE EASTER!

MY BASKETS, BUNNIES AND BEANS ARE SAFE




My 96 Easter baskets were scheduled to be on this boat to be taken to the kids on the islands of Canouan, Mayreau and Union for Easter. Happily, they were spared. They were not loaded yet. The kids will get their Easter baskets by another way - still undetermined! 

This is the GEM STAR before its fatal fire. This is one of the main ways people and provisions are taken to the outer smaller islands. 



It caught fire in the port in the morning hours. Someone had been welding the day before which is probably the cause of the fire. Thank God no passengers were aboard at the time. 

On fire, the GEM STAR  was towed away from the port to spare other boats. 

This was the view right in front of the Pastoral Centre where I stay. The bishop and the staff could watch it burn from the balcony. 




A small fire soon became a raging fire!

It was still burning in the night! 

FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS?

   

OUR DELIVERIES MAY COME EVEN AFTER WE ARE GONE

My neighbor upstairs, James E. Burke, died last week. 

Yesterday the UPS man left him a delivery note that stated: 

"We're Sorry We Missed You. We Will Try Again Tomorrow." 

Sadly, he won't be there! 

"For Whom the Bell Tolls" John Donne No man is an island, Entire of itself. Each is a piece of the continent, A part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less. As well as if a promontory were. As well as if a manor of thine own Or of thine friend's were. Each man's death diminishes me, For I am involved in mankind. Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee.

HOLLYWOOD DOESN'T HAVE A CLUE