Rugged Anglican Rosary

 

There was a lot going on this evening. The Daughter of Denni's band was playing in Belleville, and some people we know were going to a fish fry at a restaurant I've always wanted to go to, but both things were quite early in the evening. Travalon didn't get home from work until well after six, so it was too late to do either thing, but Tiffy came to town at seven and the three of us went to an Indian restaurant on State Street, got bubble tea, and hung out on the roof of her sister's apartment building. From there we could just barely see the fireworks after the Mallards game. It was so beautiful up there.

Last week I was praying with the Anglican rosary I got at an antiques shop some years ago, and I dropped it on the tile floor. Miraculously, none of the beautiful glass beads broke, but the two starting ones popped off. So did the cross, and that took longer to find. It seemed a bit ironic because at the time I bought it thinking it was a bracelet that I would never wear, but I'd use the cross for something else... but then it became one of my favorite chaplets to use, and now the cross is off of it, so I could use it for something else, but I don't want to. I looked online and found a place called Rugged Rosaries where I could get a really tough one, and meanwhile I prayed with the poor little chaplet without the starting beads or cross. I should be able to fix it, but maybe it's too delicate to use while walking around and should only be used while I'm safely seated. The new one does look very rugged, so no issues walking with it!

It arrived today, and I prayed with it. The cross is a bit large for my taste, but it certainly works for walking around with! I could even use this one outside! It reminds me of that cool one-decade rosary made of parachute cord that someone abandoned at my old church - I use that one outside all the time. I have lots of beautiful, delicate rosaries I wouldn't dare use while walking around outside, but that's how I'm usually praying the Rosary and the Divine Mercy Chaplet, so that little one-decade rosary gets a ton of use. Also, the pink part on it glows under blacklight.

How cool is that?

I still haven't had time to make screenshots from Travalon's video he made yesterday, but here are a few from the train in our neighborhood that were posted on social media.

It seems like this style is unique to Wisconsin and Southern. You will see, when I get a chance to post Travalon's screenshots, that it's a style like what we see in Rochelle. The graffiti here is simple and easy to read, and I like that. I don't always know what it means, but I know what it says.

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