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Contra Dancing

Posted on February 26, 2011 By Tom No Comments on Contra Dancing
Entertainment

Contra Dancing

Friday night was a busy night. Laura wanted to go to her favorite restaurant, the Lazy Goat, and I wanted to go dancing. We did both.

Many years ago Laura and I were very active with the Harvest Moon Folk Society, which sponsored a contra dance once a month.  We started dancing with them when they were just getting started at the Stone Center at McPherson Park, moved with them when they started at Slater Hall, and continued  when they finally found their home at the River Falls Lodge up near Jones Gap.  For whatever reason, we stopped going to the dances.  Perhaps it was because River Falls was a bit further away, or perhaps it was just because we got out of the habit. Regardless, it’s been probably twelve years since we’ve been to a dance.

Which brings us to the present day…

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Two Quick Earthly Diversions

Posted on July 1, 2008 By Tom No Comments on Two Quick Earthly Diversions
Geocaching and Maps

Here are two quick video links that I found while browsing my RSS feeds this morning. Oddly enough, both are hosted on Vimeo.com, but I found them linked from different sources. First is the video “Where the Hell is Matt?” found link in an article on BoingBoing.net. Matt is a 31 year old slacker who … Read More “Two Quick Earthly Diversions” »

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