The [[2017 Spring Equinox Storytelling and Sushi Feast]] was held on Sunday, March 19, 2017 in Seattle and Ottawa/Gatineau. We ate a sushi lunch in Seattle and a sushi dinner in Ottawa. [[Ben]] introduced his parents and the Sanders to Ravenna Park, where lots of other people were also out celebrating the new season. Then we joined the two locations via Skype for a selection of unusually emotional stories:
* Judy's story about a dying bonsai tree
* [[Cliath and Xendo IV|Eric's story]] about a nuclear war on a terraformed colony world
* Michelle's story about an inventor whose coffeemaker was redesigned to make it environmentally destructive rather than beneficial
* [[Last Respects|Ben's story]] about aliens studying the ruins of human civilization after we destroy ourselves
Then to cheer ourselves up, we finished the evening in Seattle with a round of Evolution with the Flight expansion. In Ottawa, [[Eric]] and [[Michelle]] visited their cottage to begin the process of preparing it for summer. There's a 60-km recreational trail connecting it to Buckleberry, so they are excited about planning events that make use of that connection.