rowanf | Last day of MerryMeet

Sunday there wasn't really much happening since we had finished grand council. Don, Anna & I ate breakfast and then headed over to the vendors. I got a copy of Bryan Lankford's new book, Wicca Demystified to read on the plane since I was finished with the novel I was reading. I've read about a 1/3 of the book. It is meant to answer questions friends and many might have about the beliefs and practices of Wicca. Other than the fact that he is a "ground of all being" theologist I am very impressed with the book. It is laid out in chapters with a set of Q&A that go with each chapter. Since all the Q&A is in the back of the book one can just read the chapters or straight through the Q&A without bothering with the chapters. I think the Q&A format will particularly help folks who just want small doses of thoughtful information in response to questions they may have had about a Wiccan friend's path.

I went back and packed and D&A caught their shuttle. We didn't have to be out of the rooms until 11am so I hung out listening to music and playing Snood until then. Evidently the closing ritual which was in the schedule for noon was moved forward because it was over when I wandered to the patio at 11:30. *sigh* I said goodbye to folks and the place pretty well cleared out. I had a nice lunch with Scott & Shara & Michaela (who has grown a lot!) and Ina. Then they left and I sat in the lobby waiting for the shuttle. They forgot me (despite having called to remind them) so they sent a shuttle to pick me up and carry me to the airport all by myself. My shuttle out was packed, so I can't say that I minded. The driver was chatty and we had a nice trip. His family is in Louisiana and he was a bit worried about them. I hope they came through Hurrican Katrina okay. At the airport I wandered through the sthops and then sat down at the gate. The folks next to me came up and started eating pizza. I thought that looked good and we had 45 minutes until boarding so I wandered over and got a slice. I ran into Glenn sitting in the table area and we visited until I had to run for my plane. She was flying into Oakland and had a direct flight. Her plane didn't leave until 7:30, mine at 6pm. And she was getting home an hour before me. *shakes head* I may have to consider flying out of Oakland sometimes. I just hate not really being home at the end of a flight.

Changing planes in Phoenix it was so hot in the jet way (as it had been on the way out) and I commented on it. Someone in line said it was 108 out. Yee-ouch. No thanks! The flight was quite uneventful and I dozed a little on the Phoenix to SJC leg. Having gottten less than 4 hours sleep the night before made it easy. Russell picked me up at the airport and it was such a blessing to be home.

This evening