weekend so far
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cellioFriday night I went to Susan's conversion ceremony. It was very nicely done. We all then went to Rodef's Shabbat service and then across the street for a party at her in-laws' house. I met some interesting people, including Susan's children -- one of whom works at WhizBang. Small world. (Given that all of this was pretty public, I hope my mentioning this isn't considered indiscreet.) I also met an 80-year-old man who had just converted; Susan said that she had thought she was too old at 50, but he inspired her.
I then walked to Temple Sinai for *our* Shabbat service. The choir sounded great! They also did one of my favorite songs, and a newish one that I like quite a bit. Rabbi Gibson gave a very good sermon (I do wish he would publish more of these).
As I was sitting down one of my friends asked how the service at Tree of Life had gone a couple weeks ago. It turns out that the morning service that week was a special service for the local Hadassah chapter, and she had been there for that. And they only print up one "bulletin" per Shabbat, so it includes info about both Friday and Saturday services, and she saw my name there and figured there wasn't *another* Monica Cellio in town. Ok, I've been found out. :-) (Not a secret, but no reason to bring it up, either.)
(What *is* Hadassah, anyway? I gather it's some sort of national women's organizatin, but what do they *do*?)
The walk from Rodef to Sinai is about 25 minutes, so I guess it's a bit more than a mile. It was a nice night, though, and I've been known to walk up to 2 miles (each way) for services so that doesn't bother me. Wouldn't want to do 2 miles on a regular basis, but once in a while is fine.
Oddly, this morning's service had a newcomer who I know from Tree's morning minyan. She just switched from there to Sinai and this was her first time at our informal service. She seemed to enjoy it and she remarked on the strong sense of community we have, especially in comparison to other congregations.
Today Dani and I went to a local SCA event. It was a pleasant day. I came in second in the gaming tourney; I usually don't do that well at those. This one was a single game, something akin to table-top shuffleboard, kind of. It's called shove-groat (modulo spelling). You use a finger to push coins down a board and are trying to hit various scoring areas. It's a lot of fun. I should make myself a board to take to events, at least Pennsic.
The feast was *very* good, and the cook went to extra effort for the vegetarians. I should say vegetarian -- I was the only person who inquired. She had planned to make a cheese pie for us to replace the meat dishes; I was the only one, so I got the entire pie. (I can't actually eat an entire pie -- at least if I want to eat anything else -- so after taking my fill I passed it around for others.) It's pretty rare for cooks to go to extra effort, and this is the second event in a row where it's happened. Neat! The autocrats also did a great job with the event -- careful planning and enthusiasm paid off.
The local group has an acting troupe that has been around for about a decade and has, in my opinion, varied between barely competent and pretty bad during that time. (Usually toward the negative end, mostly caused by insufficient rehearsal.) This time they actually had more rehearsals than usual, and the actors learned their lines instead of reading from scripts or doing a mostly-narrated show, and it made a real difference. This show was well-done and fun to watch. I hope they keep it up!
We left the event after dinner because Dani is sick. I assume that he and I have been hit with the same cold, but I'm doing mostly fine (thoat's a bit gunked up) and he's not. That's because I take cold medicine when called for and he (apparently) thinks such things are ineffective. He's free to believe that, but I claim the evidence is on my side. :-)
I hope he's feeling better tomorrow, when we're going to see Les Mis.
I then walked to Temple Sinai for *our* Shabbat service. The choir sounded great! They also did one of my favorite songs, and a newish one that I like quite a bit. Rabbi Gibson gave a very good sermon (I do wish he would publish more of these).
As I was sitting down one of my friends asked how the service at Tree of Life had gone a couple weeks ago. It turns out that the morning service that week was a special service for the local Hadassah chapter, and she had been there for that. And they only print up one "bulletin" per Shabbat, so it includes info about both Friday and Saturday services, and she saw my name there and figured there wasn't *another* Monica Cellio in town. Ok, I've been found out. :-) (Not a secret, but no reason to bring it up, either.)
(What *is* Hadassah, anyway? I gather it's some sort of national women's organizatin, but what do they *do*?)
The walk from Rodef to Sinai is about 25 minutes, so I guess it's a bit more than a mile. It was a nice night, though, and I've been known to walk up to 2 miles (each way) for services so that doesn't bother me. Wouldn't want to do 2 miles on a regular basis, but once in a while is fine.
Oddly, this morning's service had a newcomer who I know from Tree's morning minyan. She just switched from there to Sinai and this was her first time at our informal service. She seemed to enjoy it and she remarked on the strong sense of community we have, especially in comparison to other congregations.
Today Dani and I went to a local SCA event. It was a pleasant day. I came in second in the gaming tourney; I usually don't do that well at those. This one was a single game, something akin to table-top shuffleboard, kind of. It's called shove-groat (modulo spelling). You use a finger to push coins down a board and are trying to hit various scoring areas. It's a lot of fun. I should make myself a board to take to events, at least Pennsic.
The feast was *very* good, and the cook went to extra effort for the vegetarians. I should say vegetarian -- I was the only person who inquired. She had planned to make a cheese pie for us to replace the meat dishes; I was the only one, so I got the entire pie. (I can't actually eat an entire pie -- at least if I want to eat anything else -- so after taking my fill I passed it around for others.) It's pretty rare for cooks to go to extra effort, and this is the second event in a row where it's happened. Neat! The autocrats also did a great job with the event -- careful planning and enthusiasm paid off.
The local group has an acting troupe that has been around for about a decade and has, in my opinion, varied between barely competent and pretty bad during that time. (Usually toward the negative end, mostly caused by insufficient rehearsal.) This time they actually had more rehearsals than usual, and the actors learned their lines instead of reading from scripts or doing a mostly-narrated show, and it made a real difference. This show was well-done and fun to watch. I hope they keep it up!
We left the event after dinner because Dani is sick. I assume that he and I have been hit with the same cold, but I'm doing mostly fine (thoat's a bit gunked up) and he's not. That's because I take cold medicine when called for and he (apparently) thinks such things are ineffective. He's free to believe that, but I claim the evidence is on my side. :-)
I hope he's feeling better tomorrow, when we're going to see Les Mis.
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Date: 2001-12-02 01:00 pm (UTC)In answer to your question, Hadassah is the Women's Zionist Organization. See http://hadassah.org/.