Ice Cream Social

One of the great things about Zen Center is that you don't have to go far for either sustenance or entertainment. What does an off-duty ino do on a Saturday night? Well, typically for a San Francisco summer evening it is too cold for ice cream, and I am not feeling especially social, but Caren was hosting a farewell ice cream social in the dining room  - she didn't get to sit tangaryo, so she didn't get a leaving ceremony in the zendo, but this was a viable alternative. It was the place to be: there were about twenty-five of us, from Blanche to one of this week's guest students, getting sugared up; Renee and Daigan were dancing expertly to Louis Prima, Kathryn singing along to seventies radio classics. Everyone knows everyone else, so it was very relaxed. When I left, Genine was setting up for a movie showing later, but I opt for an early start on the bike tomorrow.