RIP, No Kidding!

Today is the celebration of the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., a minister spurred into action by the woes of one in his congregation.
Usually on the evening of this memorial day, I would be attending The White Elephant Swap. That event served as the unofficial first get-together every year for No Kidding!.
Not tonight.
Not anymore.
No Kidding! is no more, perhaps a reflection of the popularity of invites on social media and the groupings of like-minded folks on meetup.
I, myself (and several others from the group), am now actively involved with several groups on that site and have been since the lull in the NK! events this past year. I had chalked that up to new jobs claiming too much time from the schedules of our leaders.
Probably true.
It isn't as if we in the core were not still meeting for dinners and movies and all manner of events, whether those events were officially of NK! origin or not.
Anyway, last week I had sent a query about plans for this year.
The subject line of the response, on January 13th, read "Closing down".
Pretty bleak.
The message it held was not much brighter.

Well, after some discussion, Lauri and I have some sad news:
Savannah No Kidding! is no more. The international No Kidding! organization is officially defunct as of this past December and we've also decided to disband the group. I'll be deleting the email account in about a week or so.
We will miss you all. It's been a great ride, but we feel we're going out on a high note.

Grand pooh-bah,
Lauri

Web mistress,
Christa

So, no "White Elephant Swap" tonight.
I had informed the bfe of such last Wednesday, as I was driving him home from his new evening class. He suggested we dine and watch "Carol Burnett" instead.
Of late, those diners would have been a Tuesday night event for us.
Change is good.