MEMBERS PRESENT:
Tim Philippart, Beverly
Stanislawski, Sharon Palmeri, Amy Brailey, Al Koch, Ruthann Graczyk, Katherine
Flotz, , Caren Von See, Bob Philpot, Gail Galvan, Mary Ellen Beecher, Neil
Bedeker
GUESTS: Tammy
Breitweiser
OLD BUSINESS:
A vote of approval for the May 17. 2018
minutes was given by GAIL GALVAN and
seconded by RUTHANN GRACZYK.
NEW BUSINESS:
TAMMY
BREITWEISER Tammy explained the types of writing she
does. Her genres including short stories, flash fiction, poetry, and children’s
books. She has also started a novel.
Members completed an introduction of
themselves to Tammy, explaining the different types of prose and poetry they write
as well.
SHARON PALMERI asked GAIL
GALVAN if she knew of any news about Amazon not posting new
E-books or submissions within the past three-four months. Gail was not aware of
this and offered to check into it.
LITERARY NEWS:
TIM PHILLIPPART stated
he had attended a poetry workshop and the Indiana
Writers Consortium. He has been working with two writing groups called
Small Town Poetry and Montana Mouthful. He has recently published four poems
and written e-poems submitted to Montana Mouthful.
READINGS
CAREN VON SEE read chapter four from her book My Treasurer Chest. About Antonio
and Sara driving to Casole d’Elsa, Italy. They
check into the hotel, Terre di Casole
and will stay there until construction is completed on their bedroom at the
estate.
AL KOCH read his
article title, Holding Hands. The
article progresses through the various stages of holding hands and what those
various stages represent -- through childhood, grade school, adolescence, high
school, adulthood and eventually through the role reversal from independent
adults to dependent adults needing assistance.
BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI read her funny short story, Armed and Dangerous
about an airport security incident and the miss-happened word choice of Bazooka
for a traveler’s knife. As it turns out, Bazooka is the brand name of the knife
purchased by the traveller as a youth; payment for the knife included Bazooka
gum wrappers and a shipping charge.
GAIL GALVAN read her poem, THINK ABOUT IT: Deadly Roadways, about the
distracting use of cell phones by drivers and the deadly accidents cause by
that distraction.
TIM PHILLIPPART read his short story, Pursuing the Sale,
about a salesman’s foray into Michigan and his terrifying experience on a snowmobile,
all for the sake of a “sale.”
NEIL BEDEKER read his story, Incident on the Egret, about
a the cantankerous owner of a 27 foot boat taking an argumentative group of men
on a fishing trip
SHARON PALMERI shared her memoir, The Lonely Rose, a tribute based on her mother’s life
which utilizes the image of a single rose to represent stages of her mother’s
struggle to find meaning in the midst of her loneliness. The story weaves the
theme of a mother’s isolation in the midst of a world continuing to turn while
her daughter searches for ways to communicate her love and challenge her mother
towards meaningful connections. (commentary by Amy Brailey)
The meeting adjourned at 7:45 P.M.
Respectfully submitted:
CAREN
VON SEE
