Plan C. ... Like a Lion
by Brother Stavros You don’t hear the expression much about March’s in’s and out’s, but the nor’easter that swooped over the Northeast the first day of March qualified for leonine status. I had an invitation to give a mini-retreat at our (the OCA) cathedral in Washington, D.C. St. Nicholas has a lovely location on Massachusetts Avenue just above the Naval Observatory and just below the National Cathedral, which crowns the highest hill in the city. The Albany to D.C. flight is a straight shot and takes a little over an hour. Since my AA flight was at noon, I thought I might beat the predicted storm, but I took the precaution Thursday of making an Amtrak reservation. After Matins on Friday morning I checked the web and found that my flight was cancelled. Plan B involved driving to Albany and crossing the Hudson to the Rensselaer station. It was just starting to snow more seriously, so I avoided the back roads. The train departed on time. It is normally a delightful