Pennsic short takes
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cellioBrief Pennsic notes in the form of pluses and minuses:
+ Debatable Choir concert went very well! I hope I get to hear a recording (or, better, watch a video.) One person who doesn't usually comment on our performances described our last song (Ecce Quomodo) as "exquisite".
- Despite a sudden attack of Pennsic crud causing a coughing fit.
+ Saw two fun commedia shows. (Would have been more if not for dinner conflicts, ouch.)
- Cooking dinner on the night of both the Pensnic Choir concert and the commedia all-stars show was not, in retrospect, a good idea.
+ But it was a very nice dinner, if I do say so myself. (Teriyaki salmon; teriyaki tofu with snow peas, carrots, and ginger; stir-fried vegetables in a red chili sauce; white rice; fruit for dessert. No meat, no gluten, and everything except the salmon was vegan.)
+ Many improvements to our kitchen! (I need to organize pictures for a separate post.)
+ Not too much rain, though what did fall led to instant large mud puddles in the roads because the ground is saturated.
+ Our block really came together to work through land problems -- swampy patches and two drainage ditches made parts of the block uncampable.
? Being on the corner was good for middle-of-the-night privy access and bad for noise.
+ We doubled our solar power this year. We can now charge not only phones but the electric scooters of the two camp members who require them and one other camp member's CPAP machine. (Not all at once and only during the day.)
+/- I got to see some friends but missed others.
+ Nice arts & sciences exhibit, including someone who wrote (calligraphed and illuminated) a book of Tehillim (Psalms).
+ After the Coopers declined again to tow my house-trailer, the person who towed the kitchen for us agreed to do so, saving us a bunch of money.
--- Toward the end of Pennsic I got email from the Coopers (the first written communication I've received from them about any aspect of my trailer). It contained an eviction notice. I am very frustrated; all this time, the (verbal) discussions with them have been about them (not) towing it, and now they're saying they don't want to have any oversized trailers on their property at all. I wish I'd known that earlier!! I'll probably write more about this separately. Meanwhile, I can keep it through Pennsic 50 (two more years) and then it has to be gone. :-(
+ Debatable Choir concert went very well! I hope I get to hear a recording (or, better, watch a video.) One person who doesn't usually comment on our performances described our last song (Ecce Quomodo) as "exquisite".
- Despite a sudden attack of Pennsic crud causing a coughing fit.
+ Saw two fun commedia shows. (Would have been more if not for dinner conflicts, ouch.)
- Cooking dinner on the night of both the Pensnic Choir concert and the commedia all-stars show was not, in retrospect, a good idea.
+ But it was a very nice dinner, if I do say so myself. (Teriyaki salmon; teriyaki tofu with snow peas, carrots, and ginger; stir-fried vegetables in a red chili sauce; white rice; fruit for dessert. No meat, no gluten, and everything except the salmon was vegan.)
+ Many improvements to our kitchen! (I need to organize pictures for a separate post.)
+ Not too much rain, though what did fall led to instant large mud puddles in the roads because the ground is saturated.
+ Our block really came together to work through land problems -- swampy patches and two drainage ditches made parts of the block uncampable.
? Being on the corner was good for middle-of-the-night privy access and bad for noise.
+ We doubled our solar power this year. We can now charge not only phones but the electric scooters of the two camp members who require them and one other camp member's CPAP machine. (Not all at once and only during the day.)
+/- I got to see some friends but missed others.
+ Nice arts & sciences exhibit, including someone who wrote (calligraphed and illuminated) a book of Tehillim (Psalms).
+ After the Coopers declined again to tow my house-trailer, the person who towed the kitchen for us agreed to do so, saving us a bunch of money.
--- Toward the end of Pennsic I got email from the Coopers (the first written communication I've received from them about any aspect of my trailer). It contained an eviction notice. I am very frustrated; all this time, the (verbal) discussions with them have been about them (not) towing it, and now they're saying they don't want to have any oversized trailers on their property at all. I wish I'd known that earlier!! I'll probably write more about this separately. Meanwhile, I can keep it through Pennsic 50 (two more years) and then it has to be gone. :-(
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Date: 2019-08-15 02:56 am (UTC)Is there still a storage place right off site? Or has it bee filled up with SCAdian stuff already?