This occasion warranted a rare selfie of the (self-appointed) Presider Over Beer bringing this event to order! I even made an amusing attempt at badminton (fortunately not pictured). It was a perfect cool spring day, which naturally led to roasting things over a fire. Lots of friends of all ages and persuasions showed up in waves throughout the day. E made wonderful banana oat cookies. I had spent the night, so I could get up and help set up. I stayed until evening, then walked home, exhausted.
Just to back up a little, I spent erev preparing for both Shabbat (the last challah for the week), and Pesach. It’s not as complicated when your family circumstances necessitate keeping to the spirit, not the letter! The “Raging Sages” might turn over in their dusty graves, but our reality tends to keep things simple and prioritized. Just the constant war on hametz (i.e. all the non-Pesach food debris left behind by four savages) keeps me busy! But we will have the basic essentials, including my formerly undefeated charoset (sportingly conceded to “Uncle” Robert.)
I leave you with some peculiar clouds after the last “tornadic” storm.