Annual Leaf Pile Jumping Party

Dear friends, instead of our usual gathering, this Sunday we will have:

The Annual Autumn Leaf Pile Jumping Party
Sunday, November 12th, 2005, 3:00 PM - 12:00 PM

You are enthusiastically invited to the Annual Autumn Leaf Pile
Jumping Party, taking place at my home in Vienna, Virginia. This
is an open invitation - you are welcome to invite your friends.
Kids are especially welcome!

When is the last time you jumped into a large pile of leaves?
Has it been years? Well, here's your chance. I am collecting
leaves from the entire neighborhood, and you are invited to come
and jump, roll, play and frolic. We might even allow the kids to
play too! We will also have hot spiced cider, hot chocolate, and
some other traditional fall things.

Very approximate schedule:

3:00 leaf pile jumping, hot cider
5:00 potluck dinner
7:00 autumn ritual
8:00 chatting, hot tub

You are welcome to come to part or all of the event.

LEAF PILE
A chance for everyone to get loose and silly, and have a lot of
fun. A note from the experienced: sweaters can gather a lot of
leaf fragments that are hard to get out. You may want to wear
something less porous.

POT LUCK
Bring a dish to feed 5 people - main/side dishes especially
welcome. Please email/call me with what you want to bring, so
we don't wind up with 30 pumpkin pies!

AUTUMN RITUAL
This time of year is traditionally the final harvest celebration
of the agricultural year. As the plants began to die and the
weather turned colder it was natural to become introspective. It
is also the first holiday of the Celts, who believed that the
veil between the world of the living and the world of the dead
was thinnest at this time of year.

We will have a simple ceremony where we reflect on the necessity
to let go of things in our lives that have passed on, and to
look at our own impermanence, preparing us to let go of the old
before we welcome the new at the turning of the year. You are
welcome to join us for this moment of introspection.

HOT TUB
After the ritual will be a time of socializing, and we will open
the hot tub, which is clothing-optional. You are welcome to wear
what you want - most people don't use swimsuits. Towels are
provided.

PLEASE RSVP TO gene@freeheart.net, or phone 703-255-1009.
In case of bad weather, please call before you come.

Hope to see you there!

Gene