Catching Up

I also do the Consistory Blog and I did it first and it is late so I stole the entire post from there. For the past several years we have gone to the Royal Mile (an English Pub) in Des Moines to celebrate the founding of the Grand Lodge of England. Now Masonry is a lot older than than the 292 years that the Grand Lodge has been in existence. But we need to celebrate so we picked this date. It is also the festival of St. John, the beginning of summer and anything else you can think of and it is a terrific event.

So I picked up Trevor and he and I drove down and picked up Kurt and Severn and went to the RM. We had a great time. Good Food, Great Companions and I just wish I could do it again tomorrow night. The event is so large they have to hold it twice.

Trevor leaves Friday to go back to New York City. I will miss having him around. For someone so old it is cool to have these young guys accept me as a friend and Brother. That is one of the great things about Freemasonry. The Inter generational aspect of it. In fact I told one of them that I was Grand High Priest before they were born. I think I was 40 - It was in 1981 and I am now 67 (will be 68 in November OMG) - But then you know I worked with kids all my life so I do kind of relate to them. And besides they are really pretty great guys. Anyway enjoy the pictures and the little movie at the bottom.

Oh I caught heck from Craig for not posting on Monday. I posted about Monday on Tuesday and I really didn't do anything worth mentioning yesterday. I am very proud that my counter has passed the 90,000 number. Thank You all for visiting, ARTYAL, Hugs,

Toastmaster Ron Lindhart once again let the toasts and gave us the history of Table Lodges and toasting at Masonic functions. Master of Kadosh Mark Clark is on the right.
It was a sold out event and will be repeated tomorrow evening and that event is also sold out. Perhaps next year they should hold it on three nights.

There were a lot of the Ames Masons who came down tonight. This is P.M. David Dickson.

Greg Andersen and Wade Sheeler

David Baker, Rusty Hill and Greg Andersen

Personal Rep Bill Knoll is anticipating his Guiness Pie which was delicious.Justin Dodge. All of the pictures are below as well as a little movie demonstrating one of the toasts.

Click on arrow to play movie.