What a great group of friends!! We celebrated the upcoming holidays with a Yankee Swap of books and keeping in the spirit of the season shared with our community. We collected children's and adult books and beauty supplies for the Voices against Violence group in Plymouth, NH. These gifts will go to the homeless shelter and safe houses which are made up mostly of women and children. The non-perishable foods will go to the Campton Food Pantry.
Meeting was held at Pembrook. Book discussed was "Kindred" by Octavia Butler. Out of our group of fifteen, only one expressed that she did not like the science fiction aspect of the book. Most of us felt that this was just a vehicle that the author used to tell her story. Some of us are not Sci-Fi fans...but, still appreciated the writing. The topic of slavery is not a new one for us to discuss. We wondered in what ways life is similar today???
Voted on book for our February 26, meeting. Majority voted for "Breakfast with Buddha" by Rolland Merullo. Patricia said that Thornton Library has a book bag with many copies of the book. I just called and the book bag is out to another library. Will have more info.... later. The February meeting will be back at Pembrook as Marilyn and Kathy will be completing a Snowshoe Weekend that afternoon at Pembrook.
Our January 29th meeting will be held at Lincoln Green with Jane hostessing. The book is "The Wives of Henry Oades". The Thornton Library has eight copies at this time.
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