Oh yah, that's why I wanted to be a Mason

So, I joined another lodge recently, Alki Lodge in West Seattle. It became obvious to me that I'm going to need a new masonic "home" sooner rather than later because the lodge which raised me is well on the way to imploding. So, I started looking around for another lodge in the district, and I settled on Alki, which became the obvious correct choice after it occurred to me that I could think of more brothers of Alki that I knew and respected and admired than actually attend my current lodge.

Since I was balloted into Alki, I have attended every stated meeting, and last night, I had the distinct pleasure of attending a Master Mason degree put on by a lodge of which I was a member. Additionally, the Senior Warden asked me to give the third degree lecture which at the time pleased me to no end (later on, I was grumbly because I hadn't given the lecture in two years and it did not immediately come back to me).

We put on an excellent degree last night, and despite all of my trepidation, I delivered the lecture pretty well, to my delight and happily enough, the delight of the brethren present.

It's nice to be reminded of one of the reasons why I wanted and still want to be a Mason. There's not much better than seeing a brand new zealous Master Mason still glowing after being raised.