MEMBERS
PRESENT:
Sharon Palmeri, Beverlly Stanislawski, Sharon Buckman,
Katherine Flotz, George Miga, Jackie Huppenthal, Marilyn Kessler, Caren Von
See, Mike Musak, Hardarshan Valia, David Wilgus, Mary Ellen Beecher, Gail
Galvan
OLD
BUSINESS:
A vote of approval for the September 15, 2016 minutes was
first given by BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI and
seconded by CAREN VON SEE.
NEW
BUSINESS:
SHARON
PALMERI discussed the Write-on, Hoosiers annual banquet on Wed Dec 7. She informed the members that there would be
book sales and entertainment. Other
writing group members may also be attending, such as, Blank Slate, Magic Hour
and the Lowell Poetry Group. Other group members are also welcome.
GAIL
GALVAN brought Write-on, Hoosiers soon to be published book, Horizon
Spectrum, to the meeting for members to take a "sneak peek." [see cover above] The book, which is nearly 300 pages, includes include stories, poems, memoirs, and a special section celebrating Indiana's 200th anniversary. The final publication will be unveiled at our annual banquet. Members may pick- up their pre-orders at that time as well.
LITERARY
NEWS:
KATHERINE
FLOTZ mentioned an upcoming event at the Merrillville Public
Library entitled Calling All Authors.
The event will take place on Saturday, December 3rd from 1:00
to 4:00 P.M. Authors will be able to
sell their books and can reserve a table for $25 or $15, depending on the
placement, by calling Cindy at 769-3541, ext. 335.
BEVERLY
STANISLAWSKI stated that she had taken first place in the
Massachusetts Poetry Society for her quatrain poem entitled, “Passing Seasons,”
and second place for her quatrain poem entitled, “Teaching, Learning.”
HARDARSHAN
VALIA mentioned how much he had enjoyed GAIL GALVAN’S link to “ Clip
Art,” at www.clker.com .
READINGS:
JACKIE
HUPPENTHAL brought her very cute short poem entitled, “Dear Mr. John.” The poem,
written for the retiring attendant at her son’s school, told of how much the
school would miss him and was accompanied with a picture frame surrounded with
various articles he had dealt with.
MARILYN
KESSLER read her two-page article entitled, “The Painting Project.”
The article told of the difficulty in painting a room, especially one
that held so many things pertaining to her work place and other fond memorable
items.
HARDARSHAN
VALIA brought his seven
stanza poem entitled, “Old Man and the
Mango Stick.” The poem began with a
fallen mango tree and an old man passing by who pulled off a branch to use for
his walks. The stick was always with him
from that day and in the end was used on his funeral pyre.
DAVE
WILGUS read three pages from his short story entitled, “The Curse is Over.” This story pertained to the Chicago Cubs and
the World Champtionship of baseball and the “curse” that was placed on them
when the owner of a tavern, Billy Sianis, was asked to leave the stadium with
his pet goat. Dave is convinced that
this year will break that curse.
CAREN VON
SEE
read her short story entitled, “Dark
Moon Rising.” This very informative
story told of a young Swahili African child learning the necessary life’s
lessons needed to become the tribal chieftain.
His uncle teaches these sometime dangerous lessons to him.
MIKE
MUSAK brought his four-page short story entitled, “A Good Deal.” The story began at a car dealership with a
conversation between the owner and a receptionist that worked for him. The receptionist could not understand how her
boss would want to help his competitor by sending some of his potential
business to him.
SHARON
BUCKMAN read four pages of her sequel, Beyond the Canopy. In this chapter Harold finds his father
missing and tries to tell the police he does not know of his whereabouts. After the police tell him to try to bring his
father in to the station he heads for his friend’s house, only to find another
surprise waiting for him.
BEVERLY
STANISLAWSKI read her five-stanza poem entitled, “Lonely Suitors.” The poem told of a lonely loon “piercing the
stillness” with his longing call waiting for a response that never came. The beautiful poem ended with the loon, and
his never found mate, continuing to lived their solitary existence.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:00 P.M.
Respectfully submitted:
SHARON
BUCKMAN
