Tuesday Lunch Bunch

Perhaps it's because I spend most of my time with students, I don't know, but may I just say that this year's Tuesday lunches in the Faculty Lounge with my peers, mostly retired (I'm the young-un of the bunch and newly included in the group), have been the highlight of my week. Most of these feisty, interesting women are still in the bookclub that I no longer attend (because of spending most of my time with students). That's probably why the level of the conversation is so high: books, music, lectures, local politics, with the inevitable smattering of medical problems thrown in. I have loved it and now must wait until next fall for them to resume on any kind of regular basis. A corrollary: I have enjoyed my recent reading of Genesis with the COW's rabbi (also a peer--a woman nearing 50 if not already launched into that decade of her life), creating our own interfaith dialogue complete with stacks of commentaries and midrashes, as much as I have working with student groups. We are going to meet one more time during exam week before we too disband until next fall. What does this say about me, the person passionate about students (and I still am)??