There's a world of difference between the way our ward cultural hall looks, in pictures, and the way it feels when you are there at an event. In person, it is cozy and attractive. In photos, it is supremely ugly, with basketball hoops at each end and basketball markings on the floor.
I enjoyed spending an hour or two with old and new friends.
Flowers and an embroidered tablecloth were an attempt to add elegance!
Nona Frisbey is a dear, old friend. She always asks about Lisa, whom she taught in Primary or Young Women.
Stormy Skidmore is another old friend. We were nursery leaders together when Mike and Jonny were babies.
As I listened to Gayle speak, I thought back, many years, to when she and her husband, Larry Miller, invited Dave and me to attend a JAZZ game with them. We had front row seats!
After Gayle's husband, Larry, died, Gayle married Kim Wilson, another member of our ward and good friend of Dave and mine. Kim announced his and Gayle's engagement by saying, "We've decided to merge our food storage." Kim and Gayle share an interest in Church history. He helps to obtain and reconstruct Church historical sites, such as Kirtland, Ohio, and Haun's Mill, Missouri. She finances the collection of the Joseph Smith Papers, a comprehensive assembly of all the letters, and other documents relating to Joseph Smith's life.
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