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The windows and doors are pretty well shot, and kitchens and bathrooms are in need of renovation," said Hal Keller, president of Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing, the non-profit owner of the housing portfolio. "The mechanical systems needed updated. The units, as a whole, are in need of substantial rehab. Some tenant screening might help also. Both participants in the shooting emerged from a unit in the apartment complex behind the alley that is part of Ohio Capital Corp.'s purchase. Shooting in the alley And in the garage, as I discovered Sunday To Columbus Poem-making Interview with Lisa Tree-lighting Trimming done later, by others Piano tryouts The tuning was successful f N O V E M B E R 2 8 , 2 0 0 3 Snow And accumulation even, over the grass, and then over the pavements too. To Akron Driving many cars Mike was sick and they had all returned to Columbus early, so Amy and I had to change plans -- we drove separately to Akron. r N O V E M B E R 2 7 , 2 0 0 3 Thanksgiving dinner At noon, preceeded by the Lord's Prayer Prospect w N O V E M B E R 2 6 , 2 0 0 3 Thanksgiving eve service Long, with unexpected communion The pumpkins in the cornocopia had been rescued from nearby Chihuly after dark \| Link Franklin Park Conservatory Chihuly, One Chihuly, Two Chihuly, Three Amy to Columbus t N O V E M B E R 2 5 , 2 0 0 3 Very grey No colors. m N O V E M B E R 2 4 , 2 0 0 3 Cold The pear trees, which were still covered in yellow leaves on Sunday, are now bare. Things to do someday In San Antonio Two wheels, four churchs \| NYT Africa news Camel crossing ahead: A new Sahara highway \| NYT Forget compass readings, camel caravans and disorienting, potentially deadly Jeep journeys through the world's most fabled and forbidding desert. Soon it will be possible to take a leisurely drive along a paved two-lane highway from the spot where Europe kisses the tip of this continent into the heart of sub-Saharan Africa. That's the idea, anyway. Cemetary/cemetery Some day I'll learn to spell Added links to Greenlawn Cemetery pages Ex-bear Still in the denial stage over the loss of Big Bear So is Grandview, I would imagine -- they have a lot more to lose than just a grocery story Business First German Village Big Bear is scheduled to close Jan. 11; Victorian Village Big Bear is to be sold to Kroger I suppose their long, slow decline under the strangling yoke of Penn Traffic has made it a little easier to countenance the disappearance of this once-local chain -- like Lazarus, management decisions have (obviously) been made elsewhere for some time. n N O V E M B E R 2 3 , 2 0 0 3 I need a realtor They all know that you sell homes, not houses. Even townhouses have now become townhomes. Tonight I am feeling acutely the absence of home. I don't think a realtor is the solution. It's 1 a.m. It is still warm outside, though there is an ever-increasing breeze, heralding a new front that is supposed to sweep in and bring cold and rain and 20F degrees. Hammocking Probably the last time until spring. Despite the many (many) buckyballs already on the ground, the sweet gum tree is still covered in them. They sway and jiggle in the breeze and bring to mind visions of sugarplums dancing in your head. Flocks of birds fly overhead; a finch lands on a buckyball up in the sweet gum and picks at it. It then moves to the birdbath and grabs a few sips, rests on a branch, and finally takes off into the skies. A squirrel eyes me warily from the tree. Several others are very active in the pear trees. Christ the King Sunday The last week of the church year. The service was well-constructed with a good sermon by Pastor Hudson. It was not, however, an upbeat sermon of the kind you would expect on Christ the King -- it was truly a struggle, a wrestling, an "I Will Survive." It was built around the chant, "Jesus, remember me, when you come into your kingdom." Why did it take a thief, a condemned man, hanging on a cross next to Jesus, to understand that his kingship was not of this world? When the disciples had heard the hosannas and believed in a worldly kingship? When the Jewish leaders feared a worldly kingship? When Pilate washed his hands of the whole affair after finding Jesus no threat to Roman rule. The processional hymn was the traditional Crown Him with Many Crowns, the lamb upon his throne, in F major [correction: actually it's not -- it's in D major -- but I always envision it in F], triumphant, clear and ringing. The sermon hymn, Lord, Enthroned in Heavenly Splendor, is not too dissimilar in text, but the music is in a minor key and far more somber and subdued. By the time we got to the first communion hymn, the mood had changed even further. From the liturgy of St. James, Let all mortal flesh keep silence A nd with fear and trembling stand Ponder nothing earthly minded, For with blessing in his hand Christ our God to descending Comes our homage to demand. the tone is almost menacing. Rank on rank the host of heaven Spreads its vanguard on the way you would picture as white and pure in most settings, but here the music evokes a different meaning to rank that is hard to overcome. At his feet the six-winged seraph, Cherubim with sleepless eye is almost creepy. All of this is about the next world, and yet feels more anchored in the dirt and grime and earth of this world than Crown Him with Many Crowns. The second communion hymn was Beautiful Savior, which is everything that Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence is not. Fair are the meadows Fair are the woodlands Robed in flow'rs of blooming spring; Jesus is fairer Jesus is purer He makes our sorrowing spirit sing. It takes and took the edge off. It gives hope.It is the jump beyond, the modulation that never comes in "I Will Survive." Dinner afterward in Bexley. > NOVEMBER 03