3.29.20

With Community in our Hearts

On a normal Sunday night in spring many of us would have gathered at Brennan’s home and workplace where he daily bakes breads, occasionally bakes pastries and once a month (to our great joy) bakes pizza; all from scratch outside in his wood-fired, brick oven. He calls these gatherings Community Pizza and invites us to bring a blanket, order a pie and find a sweet spot on the grass beside our neighbors. But nothing is normal about this Sunday night so Brennan put out the call for pre-orders and pick ups. And because we couldn’t gather and Tim and I are fully quarantined, Lauren also put out a call: “Who wants me to get them a pizza and to join me and Andy on Zoom once we’re all home with our pies?”

So there we were, Tim and I on the porch as Lauren drove up and dropped off our pies. She also brought us our mail and a 6 pack of beer for Tim. When we went inside to get everything sorted, we discovered that Brennan had inscribed one of the white pizza boxes with a Buddhist poem and the other with a game of hangman: hint: “its on your za!” _ _ u _ e. :)

So much gratitude once again to our dear friends and neighbors for being one and the same - and to Brennan for also providing sustenance, words of comfort and giggles.