[Magdalen] Remember lustmeets?

[Rick Mashburn]

Well, except for the very unfortunate typo, iw was such a fun reminder of
how much I loved those past events, too.

We had a big one in Houston when Gillian was in town for a library event I
think. None of us had ever met so we all brought an object with the
Episcopal flag on it. We walked around the crowded hotel lobby with that
above our heads until we found each other. The other people must have
thought we were quite odd!

Peace, Rick

On Sat, Apr 1, 2023, 2:08 PM Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Been to several of those, mostly involving food of some kind 😊 Lunches,
> dinners, what have you. Some one-on-ones too, like doing RAM clinics, with
> Grace, or when Georgia came to visit me in the hospital. Haven't had one
> since dinner at Georgia's before Covid, I guess, because I couldn't make
> the lunch when Dan came through last summer.
> For VA-WV listsibs who know her, I met Cynthia Walter yesterday at the
> RHSPCA shelter. Turns out she's a volunteer too, but we normally work on
> opposite days so I'd not met her before.
>
> On Sat, Apr 1, 2023 at 11:46 AM Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > AND, of course, Grace Cangialosa came through Summerville in recent
> > months.  A good time.
> > OK, anyone else I have forgotten, please forgive my feeble memory.
> > Ginga
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 1, 2023 at 11:39 AM Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Listmeets are wonderful!  So many good memories.  I have met up with
> Judy
> > > and Bill Fleener, Ann Markle, Christopher Hart, Renee Rutkowski, Lynn
> > > Ronkainen, Jo Craddock, Georgia DuBose, Sharon Moon -  and also Capers
> > > Limehouse, Eleanor Brown, and Molly Wolf of blessed memory.  I also
> > visited
> > > Shelagh Kearney in Mississauga, ON.  Kris Lewis and I lived in the same
> > > town for a few years.  There are others, I'm sure.  The lists, from St.
> > > Sam's, to St. Bede's, to Magdalen and the friendships formed in these
> > > communities have been among the most formative experiences of my adult
> > > life.  Thank you, each and all, and TBTG!
> > > Ginga
> > >
> > > On Sat, Apr 1, 2023 at 3:10 AM Rick Mashburn <ricklmashburn at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hey all,
> > >>
> > >> Remember the good old days when the list(s) were more active? One of
> the
> > >> really fun things I remember from the 90s-early 2000s: listmeets!
> > >>
> > >> Tonight we revived that tradition right here in San Antonio, TX! Our
> > >> listling (another long-lost term!) Pamela Braun was in town to visit
> her
> > >> family. Alex, Milo and I welcomed her to our home for dinner. A good
> > time
> > >> was had by all!
> > >>
> > >> Alex was amazed to learn that meeting a "stranger" for the first time
> > can
> > >> be a wonderful experience. Milo found another "dog person" who played
> > with
> > >> him and loved on him like he was family. I re-learned that listmeets
> are
> > >> an
> > >> incredible gift from God!
> > >>
> > >> We laughed (a lot), we cried (a little) and we thoroughly enjoyed our
> > time
> > >> together. Hours passed before we knew it! What a gift!
> > >>
> > >> Anyway, we hardly recommend the re-establishment of this tradition.
> > What a
> > >> lovely evening! Pam is as fun as I remember and I definitely felt
> > >> Eleanor's
> > >> presence with us.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks be to God!
> > >>
> > >> Peace, Rick
> > >>
> > >> P.S. We did talk about y'all a little! 😁
> > >>
> > >
> >
>