Joe, the retired baker (on right), with a parishioner this morning in the social hall of St. Mary's Byzantine Church in Kingston, Pennsylvania.I drove up to Kingston this morning to pick up the Christmas nut and cheese rolls, bread, cookies (plain and anise), fruit cake, and kolacs at St. Mary's. Joe, the guy responsible for baking it all, was there. His work done, he was chatting with parishioners as they drifted in to pick up their orders. Getting Christmas and Easter goodies at St. Mary's has become something of a tradition, all thanks to an article I did several years ago about the church.
It was a gorgeous sunlit day and felt warmer than it was. That was because, as one woman on her way out of the hall remarked to me, the wind was "sleeping."
I wonder if the Phillies have been up to anything today.
