Communities

Ellen and I are fortunate to live within several communities of friends and acquaintances. We sing in several choral groups, each of which is a community of friends, we are involved in two churches, and through our respective family members we have additional communities. So, for example, Saturday, after the basketball game at UMass, we went to Katie and Savanna's house for a supper with three other couples who have been in a kind of gourmet club with K&S for many years. We have not been a part of this group but we know all the people in it through K&S. They take turns hosting, but each couple brings something, and there is a cuisine theme each time. This time it was "French." The central dish was a beef, noodle, mushroom, onion dish which I guess was a beef bourguignon. Ellen brought a Brussel sprout dish and others brought hors d'ouvres, salad and madelaines. It was a very nice meal.

     Supper with the "gourmet club."

Then Sunday morning I led the choir at Dummerston, another community, and Sunday afternoon we went to an Inter-faith M. L. King, Jr. service, yet another  community. We sang in a choir there led by Andy Davis, composed of people from several different churches. When I wasn't singing I was able to sit with my son, John. Many young people were involved and they put on a spaghetti supper afterward to raise money for youth trips to a South Dakota resercation and to Kenya. Our Guilford Church pastor, Lise Sparrow, is very much involved in both of those trips. 

           M. L. King service

Then today, we went to an Osher lecture on the current political campaign - yet another community. There is some overlap among these various communities, but not a lot!