This weekend, I’ll be attending Boston Mensa’s Pilgrimage regional gathering, in Andover, Massachusetts. Unlike science fiction conventions, I won’t have a dealer table, and I won’t be on a slew of panels. Instead, I’ll be giving a solo presentation, “Punctilious Punctuation,” on Saturday at 4:00pm Salon B/C A. I’ll have some books available for sale after.

Beyond that one scheduled appearance, I’ll be around, enjoying the RG just like everyone else.

Two weeks ago, I was in Chicago for their RG, which is a very good one. But Pilgrimage is nostalgic for me. The first RG I attended as a Mensan was the earlier incarnation of Pilgrimage, a few months after I graduated from college. That year, it was held in Boston’s Park Plaza Hotel, which later became the host for Arisia for a bunch of great years (which is a different kind of nostalgia), though it was also later the site of a wedding for two of my good friends. So Pilgrimage has always been special for me.

I’m hoping to see a lot of you this weekend!