I was semi-lazy yesterday, but I did get some cleaning and geek stuff done. Deb had left her camera here, and picked it up to go off to the Jazz and Blues festival, which apparently drew around 10,000 people. She posted a photo gallery here.
I celebrated Lammas/Lughnassadh with Swan's Cove. We hadn't done a ritual with just the core group in a while. We had a nice potluck first, and then ritual afterward. The ritual had some degree of silliness, which was fine. Afterwards, we were batting around ideas for the closing ritual for Erie's 3rd Annual Pagan Pride Day. (Swan's Cove is doing one of the ritual's this year.) Selkie had also drawn a logo, but it had only been a line drawing. So we talked about a color scheme. She is going to work on making a pennant to display at the event.
I came back and chatted with Deb, and then walked the dogs before heading out. Oddly enough, I bumped into the 2 guys from Iraq Summer, who had a display at the Jazz and Blues festival. So I told them about the photos that Deb had just posted. The older of the 2 guys was particularly thrilled about the feel of the event. He also felt that Erie was a much more tolerant city than Miami. I think that one of the advantages of being a smaller community is that people are less likely to hang out only with their own demographic, so people are more likely to get to know others who are different.
My friend Maddie asked me to give a ride home to a guy I saw for a few months last year. He was going through a tough time, so we talked a bit.
Oh well, I need to finish the domestic stuff and get some things done.
