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1. This week saw the 40th anniversary of the Blizzard of '78. I remember it well. I was a freshman at BU and I was not expecting the storm to be so bad. I walked backward across Commonwealth Avenue to get from my work-study job to my dorm. A few hours later, the snow was so heavy and the wind so strong that the view from my 16th-story room was a complete whiteout. It was as if the outside world had vanished.
2. Four of my friends lost immediate family members this week (two mothers, one sister, and one grandmother). Death, GO AWAY!
3. At least last night I had a great time going contra dancing at Glen Echo Park with Patches and Melinda. It was my second time there -- the first was two or three years ago -- so I was able to use the "second time free" coupon I got at my initial visit. The men at contra dances tend to remind me of the men at SF cons -- "the odds are good, but the goods are odd" -- but they are polite and friendly.
4. Speaking of dancing: A couple of nights ago I learned that the 2020 Lithuanian folk-dance festival will be in Philadelphia. Yay! If I participate, I would probably have to spring for a hotel room, but at least I wouldn't have to pay air fare.
5. And next Friday will be the 100th anniversary of the restoration of the Republic of Lithuania in 1918. It's such a momentous occasion that the Pope has waived the no-meat-on-Fridays-in-Lent requirement for Lithuanian Catholics. (Of course, I am now a UU, but I still understand this.) The boy toy and I plan to go to the Lithuanian Hall for celebratory eating.
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2. Four of my friends lost immediate family members this week (two mothers, one sister, and one grandmother). Death, GO AWAY!
3. At least last night I had a great time going contra dancing at Glen Echo Park with Patches and Melinda. It was my second time there -- the first was two or three years ago -- so I was able to use the "second time free" coupon I got at my initial visit. The men at contra dances tend to remind me of the men at SF cons -- "the odds are good, but the goods are odd" -- but they are polite and friendly.
4. Speaking of dancing: A couple of nights ago I learned that the 2020 Lithuanian folk-dance festival will be in Philadelphia. Yay! If I participate, I would probably have to spring for a hotel room, but at least I wouldn't have to pay air fare.
5. And next Friday will be the 100th anniversary of the restoration of the Republic of Lithuania in 1918. It's such a momentous occasion that the Pope has waived the no-meat-on-Fridays-in-Lent requirement for Lithuanian Catholics. (Of course, I am now a UU, but I still understand this.) The boy toy and I plan to go to the Lithuanian Hall for celebratory eating.
This entry was originally posted at https://luscious-purple.dreamwidth.org/226707.html. Please feel free to comment either here or there.