Just one week now until the silver bird carries me to my first real trip to Texas. to the capital city to start. It was supposed to be a five day layover enroute to my hometown of Edmonton but since I delayed booking my plane ticket too long the fares have shot up significantly so I’m tabling my trip home to see my family…for now.
I’m getting my ducks in a row vis a vis Chapter 77/Guadalajara and Lake Chapala Shut Up & Write weekly writing group meeting on Thursdays from 1 to 3 p.m. at Casa Libertad in San Antonio and also the LALA Book Club, the Latin American Literature Appreciation Book Club. I started both grupos and now I’m leaving for four months so I want to keep the ‘torch’ lit when I’m gone.
Last summer, almost the first day I was in Chicago the wheels fell off the Coffee Klatch and the monthly Last Friday of the Month dinner group. I think the Coffee Klatch is still going but I was teaching English this winter so didn’t go and now there is a Lakeside Dining Group on http://www.meetup.com which is organized by someone else for monthly group dinners.
It’s okay. Things, people change here at Lakeside. People arrive and depart. A reason or a season someone once wisely said. I think my derfinition of a true blue friend is one that I would keep in touch with even if I’m not living in City X,Y or Zihautenejo. I certainly have acquaintances here, even reasonably close acquaintances here. True blue amiga/amigos? Remains to be seen, I think.
