A variety of weekend activities
Dec. 14th, 2009 10:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mojosmomOn Saturday, I went to my AAUW meeting. We had invited some young women who have been recipients of AAUW fellowships, some from other countries, some from the U.S., and asked them to talk about their research. What an interesting, intelligent group the were, and such interesting and valuable projects! One is working on islet cell transplants, another is doing research into Alzheimer's, one is involved in environmental projects, one is studying a nurse-midwife studying maternal health. And, oh dear, they all look so young! (Of course, they're not, all being in doctoral or post-doc programs, but still . . .)
That evening, I went to the home of the lovely![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
tzurriz to eat latkes. Lots of other good things, too, but the point was the latkes. (And, of course, to admire her two adorable children.)
Sunday was my monthly get-together with friends up north, and our annual holiday party. Usually, the guys join us, but between people being sick and a retirement party, it was just us women. We had a lovely dinner, and, as usual, I came home with leftovers.
Tonight, I went to the Poetry Café program at my branch library. I can't usually go, because my Italian class is on Monday nights, but as we are on winter break now, I could. We read poetry, our own or other people's, and played some poetry games. For instance, the facilitator chose a random line of poetry, and then we each dashed off a poem using that line. It was rather fun! As expected, there was quite a range of talent, a bit of pretentiousness, but mostly just people having a good time. I know I did.
That evening, I went to the home of the lovely
tzurriz to eat latkes. Lots of other good things, too, but the point was the latkes. (And, of course, to admire her two adorable children.)Sunday was my monthly get-together with friends up north, and our annual holiday party. Usually, the guys join us, but between people being sick and a retirement party, it was just us women. We had a lovely dinner, and, as usual, I came home with leftovers.
Tonight, I went to the Poetry Café program at my branch library. I can't usually go, because my Italian class is on Monday nights, but as we are on winter break now, I could. We read poetry, our own or other people's, and played some poetry games. For instance, the facilitator chose a random line of poetry, and then we each dashed off a poem using that line. It was rather fun! As expected, there was quite a range of talent, a bit of pretentiousness, but mostly just people having a good time. I know I did.
