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To the editor:
We all owe the parishioners of Trinity Episcopal Church our thanks. They have provided us with a fine example of creative problem solving; they have increased our vocabularies; and they have enriched our lives.
A while back, the parishioners landscaped the area across GayStreet from the church and provided it with benches. They saw that it was good and called it a park.
They didn’t know then that there were certain arcane tow-n ordinances dealing with parks. Whether what the ordinances make illegal is calling something a park or building one is unclear. In either case, the church members certainly could have pursued a legal remedy and enriched several law-yers.
Wisdom prevailed, however. They merely abandoned the park and put there instead “a quiet place.” Fortunately, in true Rappahannock tradition, there was never a sign marking the park so there is no real proof that a park ever existed. Wouldn’t it be nice if all problems could be solved so easily?
The parishioners also improved and landscaped the courtyard on the church side of the street and decided to call it a “garth.” Garths are legal in Washington probably because the authors of the tow-n ordinances had never heard of such a thing. But neither had I and I grew up in a big city where there were a lot of Episcopal churches. So I consulted a diction
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