Mia and I left Windycon before 9AM on the morning of November 9. As we now regularly do, we went to St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Evanston, where we had been members from 1977 to 1997. I immediately saw that the church was very full for the Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost. The worship was as lovely as ever.
Mia and I enjoyed Windycon 51. Once again, it was it was at the Doubletree Oak Brook, like last year and the year before. As at our previous Chicagoland conventions, it was good to catch up with old friends.
Mia and I enjoyed Capricon 45. It was held at the Sheraton Grand Chicago, February 1-4, as it was when we attended last year and three years ago. As on those occasions, we were very happy to be at a con in downtown Chicago again, with an almost infinite supply of places to eat and drink in walking distance of the hotel. As in previous years, some of our Chicagoland fannish friends did not attend, but others did, and we enjoyed seeing them again.
As we have done on several previous visits to Chicagoland, Mia and I left Windycon about 9AM Sunday, missing the con events of that day. Once again we went to worship at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Evanston. This is what we did after after Capricon in February of this year and Windycon last year and in 2021. We are always glad to be back there, see old friends, and see that the parish is thriving.
As Mia and I have done on other recent visits to Chicagoland, we left Capricon early on Sunday to go to St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Evanston, which had been our spiritual home from 1977 until 1997. An unexpected treat was that the preacher that day was the Very Rev. Joy Rogers, retired Dean of St. James Cathedral. She began her ordained ministry at St. Luke’s while we were members and we remember her fondly. We also saw some other friends from our time.
Mia and I enjoyed Capricon 44. It was held at the Sheraton Grand Chicago, February 1-4, as it was when we attended two years ago. We were very happy to be at a con in downtown Chicago again, with an almost infinite supply of places to eat and drink in walking distance of the hotel. It is much more alive than downtown St. Paul or Minneapolis, and the people seemed friendlier. As happened in 2022, some of our Chicagoland fannish friends did not attend, but others did, and we enjoyed seeing them again.
My wife Mia and I left Windycon about 9AM last Sunday, missing the con events of that day. It took about an hour, in perfect traffic conditions, to reach the east side of Evanston. Just like two years ago, our objective was St. Luke’s Episcopal Church. It continues to thrive. We were able to talk to some people we knew from of old. Mia and I were members there for 20 years. It is one of the key places that made us who we are. Though the buildings are very different, our present parish, St. Clement’s Episcopal Church in St. Paul, feels very much like St. Luke’s and we instantly felt at home there when we first walked into it on Maundy Thursday of 2019.
‘Dódó, a Bhatson. An féidir leat a bhfuil scríofa faoi a Iéamh?”
‘J.T. Tavistock,‘ arsa Bhatson.
“Tavistock ainm an tiarna talún,’ arsa Greta.
‘Is dócha gur chuir an tiarna talún troscán éigin agus maisiúcháin áirithe ar fail don tionónta,’ arsa Bhatson.
‘Dodo, Watson. Can you read what is written about it?’
‘J.T. Tavistock,’ said Watson.
‘Tavistock is the name of the landlord,’ said Greta.
‘The landlord probably made some furniture and certain decorations available to the tenant,’ said Watson.
| troscán | furniture | m |
| maisiúchán | Adornment, decoration, ornamentation | m |
| áirithe | Certainty, surety; Certain quantity; Allotment, portion; Certain, particular | f, adj |
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