Showing posts with label Ardmore. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ardmore. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Working On My Masonic Calendar

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It is that time of year when the calendar seems to scream at me begging for mercy as I strap its legs to a wooden block. It is a proces...
Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Back Behind The Desk

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After the rush to get things done last week, it was nice to return to the lodge for the first, post summer, stated meeting. As always, ...
Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Some Meetings Sneak Up On You

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As last week came to an end I finally got around to looking at the calendar for the following month. After filling in a few other plans...
Wednesday, August 24, 2016

T-Shirts, Horseshoes, and Hamburgers

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It was really a matter of happenstance that we even had the time to drive down to King of Prussia a couple of weekends ago. And, someho...
Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Light Night And Heavy Emails

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It was quite clear last night that we are indeed in the darkness of the sweltering summer months as there were only two of us who made ...
Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Summer Preparations

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Every once in a while there is an event that comes up during an unexpected time. While there are the unfortunately common times when a ...
Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Final Month Of Preparations

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It is always surprising how quickly the summer goes by and how short the respite is from many of the lodge duties that occupy the rest ...
Wednesday, July 27, 2016

The Family Masonic Bible

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There have been countless times when I have been sitting at my desk in the lodge room looking up and down the sidelines wondering where...
Wednesday, July 20, 2016

And The Phone Rings Again…

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Another week and another unpleasant phone call. I was in the middle of my workday when my phone rang out from my shirt pocket and when ...
Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Short Break

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Now that a multitude of projects have been wrapped up and most of our usual fellowship attendees spending the month in Paoli at Distric...
Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Quick Stop At The Lodge

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Most of the brothers were at the district school last night so I knew that this was one of the few weeks when it was possible to have a...
Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Quarterly Debriefing

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This past weekend a few of the brothers from the lodge made their way across the commonwealth to attend the Quarterly Communication of ...
Wednesday, June 22, 2016

No Shoe For You!

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The last couple of years we have been able to round up the brothers and converge en masse in Conshohocken to take the shoe for the rema...
Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Fellowship… With Horseshoes

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It was nice knowing that when I arrived at the lodge last night that there were no emergencies, no meetings that needed to take place, ...
Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Last Extra Meeting Before The Break

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With the conferral of degrees now having been completed for the month, the summer has now officially started at the lodge. Two new mast...
Saturday, June 4, 2016

From Boy To Man To Mason

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June meetings are always interesting as you never know what the turnout will be like and what motions will be made before the summer br...
Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Fortunately And Unfortunately

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Heading to the lodge this week I had a clear cut set of objectives that I needed to address with a number of the brothers who would be ...
Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Transitioning To The New System

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Now that things seemed to have settled down at least a little bit, I have been circling back to try and figure out the new website laun...
Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Different But Similar

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There have been several occasions when I have heard people compare the first meeting with a candidate with that of a sales meeting. I w...
Wednesday, May 11, 2016

A Shared Journey

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As I sat at my desk and opened my lodge folder, I couldn’t believe that it had been over a year since I found myself participating in a...