Noontime meeting at Pembrook. Carol was able to attend for the first hour and then had to leave. Her Mom was being honored as the oldest citizen of Lincoln, NH, and was being given the special cane passed on to the oldest town resident in every NH town. What an honor! Congratulations, Mrs. L.
It was in 1909 that the Boston Post dispatched more than 700 canes to communities in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine and Rhode Island. The selectmen were given the gold-headed, ebony cane and asked to pass the cane on to their oldest resident. In return, the newspaper asked to be informed of the recipients, with circulation-boosting tales about what they attribute their old age to.
We had a fun time with our annual Yankee Swap using re-gifted gifts..
Voted on Kathy's suggestions for our February book. "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston was chosen by majority vote.
Book discussed was Stephen King's "11/22/63". Most of us liked this loooooong 800 + page book. Not everyone had appreciated the works of King in the past....and perhaps half of the group did like his usual style of writing.
Most of us were young adults during the years of 1958 - 1963 and could appreciate the times and music as described in the book. The theme of time travel was enjoyed by most. We agreed that it is not easy to change the course of history. To several, the book seemed too long. An abridged edition might be perfect.
The word or acronym JIMLA came up quite often in the book. What did this mean?
As always, we ate well at our meeting. Requested recipes will be posted on our River Run Recipes blog site.
For our Christmas Community contribution, we collected food items for the Campton Food Pantry, books for women and children, cosmetics and toiletries for women. Marilyn will deliver the food and clothing contributions and Diane will take care of the books and toiletries.
World Book Night was discussed. Kathy will send out an email to remind everyone to apply for these free books which will be shared in our community in April.
Our book for January 27, meeting is "The Sense of an Ending" by Julian Barnes. We will meet at Colonel Spencer Inn.
We missed our members who were not able to join us for this meeting.....Ann F, Ann S, Bev, Lori, and Stephanie,
It was in 1909 that the Boston Post dispatched more than 700 canes to communities in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine and Rhode Island. The selectmen were given the gold-headed, ebony cane and asked to pass the cane on to their oldest resident. In return, the newspaper asked to be informed of the recipients, with circulation-boosting tales about what they attribute their old age to.
We had a fun time with our annual Yankee Swap using re-gifted gifts..
Voted on Kathy's suggestions for our February book. "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston was chosen by majority vote.
Book discussed was Stephen King's "11/22/63". Most of us liked this loooooong 800 + page book. Not everyone had appreciated the works of King in the past....and perhaps half of the group did like his usual style of writing.
Most of us were young adults during the years of 1958 - 1963 and could appreciate the times and music as described in the book. The theme of time travel was enjoyed by most. We agreed that it is not easy to change the course of history. To several, the book seemed too long. An abridged edition might be perfect.
The word or acronym JIMLA came up quite often in the book. What did this mean?
As always, we ate well at our meeting. Requested recipes will be posted on our River Run Recipes blog site.
For our Christmas Community contribution, we collected food items for the Campton Food Pantry, books for women and children, cosmetics and toiletries for women. Marilyn will deliver the food and clothing contributions and Diane will take care of the books and toiletries.
World Book Night was discussed. Kathy will send out an email to remind everyone to apply for these free books which will be shared in our community in April.
Our book for January 27, meeting is "The Sense of an Ending" by Julian Barnes. We will meet at Colonel Spencer Inn.
We missed our members who were not able to join us for this meeting.....Ann F, Ann S, Bev, Lori, and Stephanie,
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