[Note: this was supposed to be posted yesterday, but there was a mild issue with the server.]
In which, for whatever reason, I went to two churches in two days. The first was for a wedding—the daughter of a work-mate got married this weekend. The ceremony took place in a downtown church, originally built in 1886, a national historic landmark. It’s a nice little church, and it was a nice ceremony.
Yesterday was the Yiddish Food Festival, hosted by the local synagogue. (Do we have more than one? I don’t know, but I sort of doubt it—Cheyenne is relatively small.) The place was absolutely packed, and they were sold out of a few of the food items. The line for cold foods wrapped around the main hall. I’m really happy to see stuff like this get a lot of attendance so that it can continue and thrive, even if I wish I could have gotten a cabbage roll.
That marked the first time I’ve ever been in a synagogue. One thing that really struck me was the fact that they had a bunch of bookshelves in the foyer area packed with—you guessed it—books. It was apparently a sort of lending library for Judaism-related media. (For you lawyers out there, I noticed one volume of “The Restatement of Rabbinical Law.” Awesome.) I have no idea if all synagogues have this arrangement or something like it, but I found myself thinking that I definitely like the idea of a religion that put books front and center.
Also this weekend: Lawn care, planted some vegetables, saw the new Star Trek (more on that tomorrow), and played quite a bit of Fallout 3 (now that I have it running—It’s awesome!).
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