MEMBERS
PRESENT:
Bob Philpot, Sharon Buckman, Sharon Palmeri, Hardarshan Valia,
Adam Sedia, Sharon Dorelli, Katherine Flotz, Mary Lu Cowley, Helena Qi, Caren
Von See, Beverly Stanislawski, Suzy Steuben, Donna Echelbarger, Neil Bedeker,
Gail Galvan
OLD
BUSINESS:
A vote of approval for the September 1, 2016 minutes was first
given by KATHERINE FLOTZ and
seconded by HARDARSHAN VALIA.
NEW
BUSINESS:
KATHERINE
FLOTZ stated that we will possibly be having a different performer
this year for our Christmas party, the fee is still be worked out.
GAIL
GALVAN stated that there was a slight discrepancy in the fee
previously mentioned that each member would need to pay for his or her 6 copies
of Horizon Spectrum. This discrepancy was due to a calculation error. She
apologized for any inconvenience or confusion. About half of the members paid
the difference at the meeting. Sharon
Palmeri will e-mail other members with the amount they owe.
LITERARY
NEWS:
HARDARSHAN
VALIA mentioned that he was able to recite his poem, “I Remember,” at the Spirit of the
Dunes: A Poetry Reading on Saturday, September 10th.
READINGS:
CAREN VON
SEE
read three pages of the beginning of her short story, “Brunswick Castle.” This
very intriguing story began when a new bride was taken to her husband’s home in
Cambridgeshire, England for their honeymoon.
The “home” was a cavernous castle that she was encouraged to wander
through by her husband, even though he was unable to be with her most of the
time.
ADAM
SEDIA read his beautiful five-stanza poem entitled, “Dahlia.” The poem compared this lovely aristocratic woman
to a beautiful, exotic and rare, dahlia.
BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI read her
lovely four stanza, Pantoum poem, entitled “When
Love Found Me.” The poem began with
the line, “Because I could not stop for love,” and then added, “Love made a
pause for me.”
HELENA QI read her
one page memoir entitled, “Good Bye, Big
Guy.” The story told of how the
family van, “Big Guy,” had saved the lives of her five passengers several
months prior when sliding off an ice-covered road, crashing into an 18-wheeler.
NEIL
BEDEKER continued with his novel, Early Retirement. In this part of his story, Chapter 11, the
two FBI men, Mapes and Roseman, were stopped at a Florida Welcome Center as
they were still doing surveillance on the school teacher. Mapes began to chastise Roseman for not
keeping his eye on their subject.
HARDARSHAN
VALIA read his four-stanza poem entitled, “Two Feathered Dove.” This
delightful poem told of how this “nearly naked, two feathered dove,” compared
to the “original of messenger of peace,” from the curse of shedding “One
feather for each War.”
DONNA
ECKELBARGER read her two page short children’s story
entitled, “Don’t Forget Your Library
Book.” The story begins with six-year-old
Penny trying to find her library book.
With each item she picks up to look for it she discards under her
bed. With the bed slowly rising from the
discards, and her mother yelling at her to hurry for the bus, she finally finds
it in her backpack she had been carrying.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:45 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
SHARON
BUCKMAN
