Another Wednesday guy

If you follow this blog, you know that for several weeks now, Ellen has done something out there in the world somewhere on Wednesday afternoons to give herself a bit of a respite. She doesn't want me to be alone for an entire afternoon, so she got word out asking for people to come stay with me, and many responded. One who has not come before - who in fact has never been at our house before - came this past Wednesday - Dwayne Johnson. Dwayne and his wife, Rachel, moved to Guilford from Iowa a few years ago and have become pillars in the Guilford Community Church. Dwayne is multi-talented, genuine and enthusiastic "doer." Dwayne heads the church's Building and Grounds Committee, and is constantly involved in projects and concerns with the physical plant and surroundings. He spearheaded the creation of the Guilford Community Park which now surrounds the church building and has made a beautiful and useful environment for the church which many people are now using. That includes the striking post-and-beam pavillion which is frequently used by the church, as well as by many others, and has frequently been pictured in this blog. Dwayne also revived the "men's breakfast" tradition, and 20 or so men now gather at least once a month on a Saturday morning to enjoy good food, fellowship and discussion of a topic Dwayne usually selects. On top of all that, Dwayne is a fine trumpeter. He will be playing the trumpet along with the singing of Handel's Hallelujah Chorus on Easter Sunday. His wife, Rachel, is an accomplished pianist and often is the accompanist for church services. They have been a wonderful addition to the life of the Guilford Church for several years. I was very glad to have the chance to have Dwayne sit with me in our livingroom and get to know him better. Ellen used the time to meet her sister for lunch in Turners Falls, MA, so a good time was had by all.

Dwayne Johnson, with Rachel (from his Facebook page). *********************** Wednesday evening, we had our last class session in Psychology on Zoom from Swarthmore College, led by Prof. Andrew Ward. This final session was on Clinical Psychology, particularly on the difference between Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, the former more Freudian, the latter more Jungian. That is an over-simplification, but it has some truth in it. It was a topic people could relate to, many having been to a therapist.