November Potluck Notes

Good evening everyone. I am having fun playing with this blogging site. Thanks to Teresa for getting me started on this adventure.

Tonight's potluck was a heady assortment of soups, dips, and of course cakes! We talked about our usual wide range of topics, everything from summer camp, traveling, and snow shoveling to sexual enhancements and breast reductions! Of course we had great fun and lots of laughs as well.

We've loosely agreed that it would be fun to have more than one of these gatherings per month, so starting in January, there will be separate nights for games (anything from board games like scrabble to murder mystery nights and more), movie nights for screenings of especially interesting pieces like "The Secret", and of course the regular potluck and perhaps opportunities for our very talented guest to share some of their skills in mini workshops from time to time. Dates and times for these new events will be coming soon.

Items of interest:
- if you will be in vancouver in the near future you may like to catch a screening of the movie, "Conversations with God", based on the book of the same name. I missed the sneak preview here in Edmonton, but I hope that it will be widely released to the public after the limited release in Toronto and Vancouver.

- also in Vacouver - if you are fascinated by the human body and the miracle of creation and interconnectedness of all our systems you may want to check out the Body World exhibit at their version of the Space & Science Center. People have donated their bodies to this exhibit where they have been plasticized and posed in various situations so you can examine the inner workings of our bodies. That's right, no skin on these people. If you want to find out more you can visit the following link: http://www.scienceworld.bc.ca/whats_on/Body-Worlds/overview.htm

- On December 6/06 there will be a concert by the St Albert Community Band at the Arden Theatre. 7pm, tickets are $8 for adults, $5 for kids and can be bought at the door or call Laurelie at 450-4227

- Teresa will be putting on a workshop on Dec 1 & 2 in Pincher Creek, Alberta. The title is: Healing Our World - based on the work of Joanna Macy. There is already a contingent going down from Edmonton, and you may be able to get in on the carpooling. For more details you can email me and I will forward you a brochure. Maureen@iamdesigns.com

And yes, Teresa is jetting off for a year long adventure overseas - Australia to be exact, and she has a new email address which is sherpadoginoz@care2.com and she also has her own blog which is http://sherpadoginoz.blogspot.com so check out what exciting things she is doing too.

I have also been asked to share my recipe for the corn chowder from this month's gathering, along with the recipe for lentil soup. I will start a special recipe section for the blogs so you can just go there to get recipes from anyone. Feel free to ask someone for theirs or add your own.