{"id":580,"date":"2011-01-24T21:38:09","date_gmt":"2011-01-25T02:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/?p=580"},"modified":"2011-01-24T21:46:06","modified_gmt":"2011-01-25T02:46:06","slug":"in-the-moment-in-the-aftermath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/?p=580","title":{"rendered":"In the moment\/ In the aftermath"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the nicest things about a Literary Event (LE) is the aftermath.\u00a0 I love the sense of satisfaction after\u00a0completing a big project.\u00a0 When you&#8217;ve got a group of people (humans have this tendency to do whatever they feel like at the moment, not unlike cats), a multi-course meal, and\u00a0a program of some sort to follow, you&#8217;re not\u00a0exactly\u00a0sure what might happen.\u00a0 And you know, that&#8217;s part of the fun of Burns Suppers, part of the fun of a LE: that you can plan and prepare and then the moment comes and things unfold as they will.\u00a0 The best laid plans for sure!\u00a0 On Saturday evening everyone had a good time.\u00a0 People took part in the doings and that was the point of the whole thing.\u00a0 And afterward, lots of nice comments about the food, the poems, the whole event.\u00a0 A definite Burnsish afterglow.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_592\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_6660.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-592\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-592\" title=\"Haggis Procession\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_6660.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-592\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Processing with the haggis<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>It&#8217;s easy for me, when in charge of an LE, to be too concerned that everything goes well.\u00a0 I worry about a momentary silence at the table, or that an element of the meal won&#8217;t be done in time, or that someone isn&#8217;t having fun.\u00a0 I&#8217;d be fibbing if I said I had no worries both before and during Burns Supper.\u00a0 I did.\u00a0 Still, I was able, for the most part, to experience it\u00a0in the moment as it unfolded.\u00a0 And guess what?\u00a0 I enjoyed it too.\u00a0 Literary Events can be fun and fulfilling and good for everyone involved.<\/p>\n<p>More pictures&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_594\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_7835.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-594\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-594\" title=\"Guests at table\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_7835.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-594\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eating Cock-a-leekie soup<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_595\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_7833.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-595\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-595\" title=\"Poet, Host, and Chairman\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_7833.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-595\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poet, Host, and Chairman<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_597\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_7855.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-597\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-597\" title=\"Cheese and Scotch\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thelifeliterary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_7855.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-597\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cheese and Scotch<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the nicest things about a Literary Event (LE) is the aftermath.\u00a0 I love the sense of satisfaction after\u00a0completing a big project.\u00a0 When you&#8217;ve got a group of people (humans have this tendency to do whatever they feel like &hellip; 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