Saturday, December 7, 2024

An Evening of Delights - Codswallop 2024

This year's Codswallop theme was all about delights.... and what a delightful evening it was!!
(I am sporting the delightful reindeer costume that I got with Anna at the Salvation Army store in Edinburgh) 



delightful contributions: 
Bill and Elizabeth- baked gnocchi dish 
Dave and Tamara- roasted veggies and green goddess dressing
Catherine and Wallace- cheese fondue 
BC- Methow bread and caprese pasta salad 
Emily and Jason- dessert (see below) 
a few things mentioned around the table that brought us delight: 
morning coffee
playing the guitar
Volunteer Park Conservatory 
Glacier Grey 
dinner date in NYC 
beautiful inspiring people
sweet reunions 
hugs 

flannel = delight 





a delightful dessert--- jars of chocolate peanut butter cake, vanilla ice cream, and chocolate ganache (inspired by a dessert Dani sent me for my birthday a few years ago) 

readings below that we used to kick off the evening 



It’s not every day that you see it,
but sometimes beauty sneaks up on you
with a tenderness, a sweetness, so lovely
it hurts. 
It sings to the heart
and makes it glad
that ever a baby laughed
or a parent smiled
at the hilarious solemnity of play.
Beauty brings a kind of grief.
Because its perfection rings so true
It calls out everything else
that has ever fallen short.
In me. In us. In everything. 
But that’s the thing
It’s just the way of it:
That beauty will always be
crushingly lovely.
We are grass. We are fireflies.
We are the day that the Lord has made.
-Kate Bowler, Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day



Here are all the past gatherings we've had with this crew: 

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