Meeting

 January 7th, 2009
religion
I go to Fresh Pond Meeting, a Quaker meeting in Cambridge, most Sundays. Last Sunday was the meeting's 20th anniversary (it split off of Cambridge meeting). There was also a reunion sort of thing for current and former high school students, and it was nice to see people. After meeting there was cake to celebrate. Picture of meeting:

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