[Magdalen] Throwing a Cr*ppy Dinner Party

[Scott Knitter]

I completely agree.

On Sep 21, 2016 5:06 PM, "James Oppenheimer-Crawford" <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> Oh, I am alll about welcoming everybody, and not bothering too much about
> preparations; I was merely observing that some folks genuinely gain joy out
> of the preparation, and there's nothing wrong with that.
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>
> On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 5:06 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 3:53 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford
> > <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Mind you, a lot of folks gain a tremendous joy from putting together a
> > > feast and then get incredible joy from seeing others enjoying it. And
> > > there's *nothing* the matter with that.  Many of my earliest memories
> of
> > > celebrations were of this sort.
> >
> > I've enjoyed some memorable ones that had me in awe of how effortless
> > it seemed; of course, it was huge work beforehand, and the host(s) set
> > a fine, relaxed atmosphere at the time of the event. Can't be that
> > relaxed unless all the preparation was done well.
> >
> > To me, the message of the "Crappy Dinner Party" is not so much an
> > actively bad "Come on over to our dump of a house and have some of
> > whatever garbage we can dig out of our freezer!" than "We really would
> > like to see our friends and won't wait for a perfect time to do
> > something fancy." Not really "crappy," but comfy and forgiving of
> > imperfection. Enjoying the real-life everyday style.
> >
> > What's the proverb about not letting the perfect prevent the good? I'm
> > not remembering the wording. Don't let the (perhaps temporary)
> > impossibility of achieving perfection cancel out the striving for the
> > good, and the pretty good, and even the sloppy but enjoyable in its
> > own way.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Scott R. Knitter
> > Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
> >
>