More thoughtful post later, but I want to begin by reporting that it was a happy and successful weekend.
At All Saints Pasadena, our thirty-hour fast to raise funds for Episcopal Relief and Development went very, very well. We had 24 kids participate; we made sandwiches for shelters; walked the labyrinth (an eleven-twist labyrinth, made of cloth, that we keep around the church); Saturday morning, we drove down to the African-American Museum near USC to see a photo exhibit on Rwandan orphans — organized and curated by two of our parishioners. The kids were very moved, and so was at least one of their youth leaders. We finished the fast with a Saturday evening church service and some delicious communion bread; the body of Christ is never more savory than after 30 hours of no other food!
And Sunday, my wife and I spent the whole day together. No getting up early for church; no getting up early to run. We slept late, read the paper together, and went to an early matinee of the wickedly fun Notes on a Scandal. (Dench and Nighy were marvelous, but the relationship between Cate Blanchett and her pubescent student was, well, unconvincing.) After that, it was off to the Huntington Library for lunch and a visit to the new John Constable exhibit; lots of his big “six-foot” landscapes from the Tate and the National Gallery. (I thought of my father, who was fond of Constable and Turner.)
We finished the day by dropping in on a youth group Super Bowl Party, before heading home to a quiet dinner, snuggling on the couch, and two episodes off one of our old Sopranos DVDs.
I can’t remember the last time when we’ve actually had a fun day like this — usually, we have to leave the country in order to get quality time together, away from our various obligations and avocational duties. Yesterday, we made such a day happen, and I am very happy.
Off to teach.
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