Well this is fun. I found out just a few days ago that Sports Editor Andy Hutchison will be the guest speaker on April 10 for Flagpole Photographers Camera Club! His topic will be action photography, which is perfect for him. If there’s anyone who knows about capturing movement in photos, it’s a sports photographer. Anyone who has seen Andy’s work knows how good he is at capturing athletes in all conditions — in gymnasiums, swimming pools, and all weather from sunny and bright to cloudy, overcast and even under darkened skies. Andy’s presentation for the local photography club will be another hybrid offering by Flagpole Photographers, so you can join them in person at Newtown Senior Center that night or watch online from the place of your choice. Watch our calendars for listings, and the Enjoy pages for a press release. If you’d like to learn more about the club and other upcoming events, visit flagpolephotographers.com.

Bravo to the members of the Trinity Team at Trinity Episcopal Church who served 194 hot meals to those in need at The Dorothy Day House in Danbury last week. The team visits the location once each month, and sees first-hand how difficult it is for so many people in the region to sustain their lives. In 14-degree weather on February 18, Trinity Team also handed out 175 cold sandwich meals, and hosted another 45 people who ate in the former shelter behind the Dorothy Day kitchen facilities. The latter is a new initiative by the Dorothy Day Steering Committee to provide a place for people to eat their hot meal on the premises.

In its own back yard, Newtown’s Episcopal church continues to see a growing number of people using The Little Pantry. With the need for food increasing everywhere, volunteers have made sure the small structure in the parking lot of 36 Main Street is well stocked every day. January’s numbers show 711 items were taken from the pantry. Conversely, a very generous donation of cereal was received following a local school fundraiser.

A few weekends ago a 5-week-old baby seal showed up in the streets of New Haven. Now I hear a Scottish Highland bull has been roaming around Kent for the past month. Last week it was seen in New Milford. The Hartford Courant said last week the bull escaped while it was being taken off trailer after being transported to its new home, and ran right through a fence meant to contain cows. It was on and then off its new property in less than five minutes. Jo Ann Joray is the owner of the bull, and she’s hoping the public can help her wrangle it back to its home — from afar, of course. Don’t chase it or even try to approach it, she cautioned last week. Instead, just call her (860-307-5859) and tell her where you are. She also asks that anyone who sees the bull and calls her not stick around too long. She doesn’t want the bull to get antsy and run into the woods, where it has apparently been living and feeding off natural grasses. That poor creature is probably frightened. I know I’d be a big scaredy cat if I was silly enough to break away from my new parents and run away before I got used to a new layout. That’s no bull.

There’s something fishy happening at St Rose Church, and you can believe I am all over that! The Knights of Columbus there are bringing back their Friday Knight Fish Fry events for Lent, and it looks like they’re already off to a very strong start. Five of the menu options for opening night — Fried Fish Sandwich & Fries, Mac & Cheese with Fries, Eggplant Rollatini & Fries, Mac & Cheese (side) and Clam Chowder — have already sold out. The good news is, as of yesterday there was still plenty Fried Fish & Fries dinners, in adult and child size portions; Baked Fish & Fries, also available in adult and child portions; and Baked Fish Taco & Fries dinners, in addition to some a la carte options. You don’t have to tell me twice to order early. I’ve already put in for my fish, fish, fish and fish dishes. Visit KofC185.org/fish-fry to check each week’s menu and seating options. Friday Knight Fish Fry events are scheduled for every Friday in Lent, with some being curbside pick-up only (like March 7) and others offering both curbside pickup and the option of eating inside Monsignor Weiss Gathering Hall.

We’ve had a very good run recently with parents and grandparents sending photos of their children/grandchildren for our Birthday Cake column. For decades we have invited photos for this special offering, which currently awards a vanilla-chocolate ice cream cake from Ferris Acres Creamery to one lucky winner each week. We didn’t have anyone send in any photos for this week’s paper, which meant we won’t be giving away a cake at the end of the week. A whole Ferris Acres Creamery cake ignored! It was probably not very smart of me to try to eat the whole thing.

Save this cat from future bellyaches, won’t you? Send an original head and shoulders photo of your child/grandchild — just head and shoulders, please, because they’ll get cropped down otherwise and may not look good in the paper — along with their name, the age they’ll be turning, and their birthday. You’re welcome to mail those photos, and your contact information, to Birthday Cake c/o The Newtown Bee, 5 Church Hill Road, Newtown CT 06470, which is how they used to come in. These days, of course, most people send them via email, and everything can go to Shannon Hicks (shannon@thebee.com). Deadline is noon each Tuesday to get everything to Shannon. She’ll pick one name at the end of each week, and will contact parents/grandparents if their child has won the ice cream cake. Gefen Chertok, who just celebrated her third birthday this week, is our latest winner. She and her parents get to go to the Creamery once it opens for the 2025 season, when an ice cream cake will literally have Gefen’s name on it.

All this talk of food has made me hungry. I’m going to prowl around the office and see what everyone has hidden in their desk drawers. I’ll let you know how that goes when you come back next week and … read me again.