I’m in Chicago, at Immaculate Conception Monastery, on my way (tomorrow) to Louisville, Kentucky, to give a retreat to some Passionists of Holy Cross Province and, after that, something else for the Passionist Nuns at Whitesville, Kentucky, with a visit to the Passionist Nuns at Erlanger on my way home, returning to Scotland on the first Thursday of May, just in time to vote in the Scottish parliamentary and local elections. (That’s quite long for one sentence; sorry!)
Where am I?
21 April, 2007 by PF
Just in time for the Kentucky Derby. This is the biggest horse race of the year in the USA. It is like the Ascot in the UK and of course, the “Mint Julep” is synonymous with “Derby Day”.
(Mint Julep is a southern drink made with straight Bourbon over crushed ice served in a tall frosted glass, toped with a sprig of fresh mint.)
Welcome to the “land of the free and the home of the brave”
See you at the canonization of Bl. Charles.
The UK’s Sovereign is coming to Kentucky for the Derby.