Saturday: shopping (a trip to buy a base for the new GPS, which got somewhat out of hand), followed by dinner at Gargoyles with
After that, the latest Steeleye Span concert. On review, it appears that this is the sixth time we've seen them on stage -- probably far more than any other non-SCA performers. It was neither their best nor their worst concert. (The best was either the monumental reunion concert -- four hours long, including nearly everybody who's ever been in the band -- or their Nightstage show, which taught that they are, at heart, a great bar band. The worst was the legendarily awful Berklee triple-bill of Steeleye, Fairport and Renaissance.) As
The highlight of Sunday was apple-picking. This is always a delight, but this time the weather was as good as can be imagined. Big flavorful apples, good company: really quite a good time. Following that, I spent the afternoon scrabbling in the dirt, working on the mailbox.
Yesterday was one of
Coming up: tonight is the SCA demo at WPI. Hopefully we'll get at least as many students as demo-ers. Tomorrow is dance practice. Thursday is poker. Friday is probably Babydolls (we haven't figured out for sure which night we're going, but it'll probably be Friday). Saturday, collapse. (And probably work on reworking the storage in the garage -- it's an unholy mess, and I'd like to make things better before it gets too cold.)