initial progress along the path

In the last few months, I have been enthusiastically active in things masonic. In a few weeks I'm scheduled to become a Master Mason, and have really enjoyed these formative experiences.

The guys I've been getting to know from the lodge are a spirited and diverse lot. I've spent considerable time with a few and am cultivating other relationships along the way.

As a Past Master put it last night, "We are a dinner eatin' bunch of doods!" And we do tend to lay out a respectable spread. If you leave hungry, it's not our doing. ;D

The lodge is energetic, and a good number of the boys take the work pretty seriously. I'm learning a lot.

I've done a little lodge hopping already, and so far I like it a lot. Seeing a gathering of brothers who do the same thing you do but with their own character is a pretty cool experience. It's a little like looking at yourself in a way.