Community Bonding

[Rogue Community College Theater]

Yesterday a few if us were thinking about why we're so tired and came to a realization: we've been sprinting for a month! First, we had to prepare the land for an outside gathering. During their gathering we had to run our own kitchen, feeding 20 people in a small cabin. We also took on a significant role in facilitating their gathering.

Then we were to have a week of light preparation before enjoying the Summer men's gathering. Instead, we planned menus, shuffled money to pay for gathering expenses, bought food, created accounting and registration systems, cut fire breaks, and more.

Then the gathering arrived and required our constant attention. Somehow, in the midst of it, we met every day to craft a few proposals for Great Circle.

Then Great Circle happened. It came at the tail end of our crazy month, so it's no surprise that we weren't at our freshest. We got through it mostly alive, though.

Yesterday we received a generous offer from our friend, Ocean. He is a theater director in Grants Pass. This is the closing weekend for their production of Annie, Get Your Gun. He called us up and offered free tickets to anyone who wanted to go.

The show was amazing! It didn't feel like small town theater at all. The performers were real professionals, top notch singers and engaging actors. It was the most fun I've had in a long time.

Piwacket had overseen the creation of an awesome picnic dinner: trays of carmelized onion, turkey and cheese crostini, watermelon, and a fantastic quinoa salad.

Knowing that our folk can be rowdy, we sat way up in the back separate from the paying guests. (You can see how many we were from the photo... 15 or so, I think.)

All-in-all, it was a perfect night, and the perfect way to bring us together after a month of grueling work.