But How Do You Know That?
Hey folks – we’re at U of W again this week. For those of you that were there last Sunday, finding the gathering space will be old hat. (What a curious idiom!) For the rest of you, the following is an even MORE thorough set of directions. (Sometimes I think we should change the name of this community into something like “What Would Waldo Do?”, in honor of all the sleuthing folks have to do to track us down. We’re not hiding…we’re just exploring.)
But about those directions:
This week we’ll be meeting at the University of Winnipeg Club Room. It’s located on the 4th floor of Wesley Hall. That’s the castle-ish building that faces Portage Avenue on the main U of W campus (515 Portage Avenue).
Details about finding our gathering: Enter the building by the main front doors (right in the middle of the front of the building, on the Portage Avenue side). There is a red and white campus sign on the grounds to the left of the doors that says “Wesley Hall”, and we’ll put out our sign as well. Once inside, go straight ahead up the first short set of stairs, and take the wide curving hallway to your right. Once you go around the curve you will find yourself in dead-end alcove-ish space. Look to your right for a second alcove with the elevator in it. It comes promptly when called, and is blisteringly fast compared to the one at Creative Manitoba. Take the elevator to the fourth floor, exit and turn to your left, and you’ll be in the entrance to the Club. Listen for the sound of voices, and proceed in that direction until you find humans. That’s us. Whew!
Parking: There is parking on the surrounding streets, most notably convenient on Balmoral, the first street to the East of Wesley Hall. If that’s full, I’ve also arranged for us to use the empty spaces in the Booth University parking lot, which is located one block further east off Colony, behind the Investors Group building off Portage Avenue. If you do park in that lot, be sure to only use spaces that are labelled for Booth University. Booth administration have assured me that if you are in the designated spaces and some over-zealous parking lot monitor still gives you a ticket, they will take care of the matter. So do feel free to park there. Note – it is illegal to turn right off Portage onto Colony, and the police like to park right there and write out citations.”Praemonitus praemunitis” (It’s Latin, but if you look it up it might save you the price of a ticket).
Talky Bit – Last Sunday we explored the idea that wonder makes a good starting place if we are seeking trans-formative wisdom – a better, more beautiful way to live. This Sunday I want to expand that a bit with some consideration of how it is that we “know” the sorts of things that change the way we live, and how we can share those with one another, including the young ones in our midst. Speaking of whom, the littles will be storming the boardroom. If that sounds too enigmatic, just show up – you’ll see what I mean.
Looking forward to being together on Sunday,
Tim Plett