MEMBERS
PRESENT:
Bob Philpot, Beverly Stanislawski, Marilyn Kessler, Sharon
Buckman, Caren VonSee, Tim Philippart, Kathy Flotz, Amy Brailey, Amy Clites, Al
Koch, Gail Galvan, Danielle Johnson
OLD
BUSINESS:
A vote of approval for the September 5, 2018 minutes was first
given by KATHY FLOTZ and seconded by
TIM PHILIPPART.
NEW
BUSINESS:
Kathy Flotz stated she will be speaking on October 4th
to a ladies group in Flossmoor, Ill. concerning her novel, Pebble in My Shoe.
LITERARY
NEWS:
AL KOCH stated
he is presently dealing with the Universe Publishing Co. in Bloomington, In. in
regards to his novel, Musings and Memories
of the Mind Cafeteria, hopefully soon to be published.
AMY
BRAILEY announced that she will soon be bringing some of her students
to one of our WOH meetings as part of their literary education. The date has yet to be decided.
READINGS:
AL KOCH read his
two-page short story entitled, “Doctor’s
Waiting Room.” The story related to
a problem that most of us were all too familiar with, a large number of people
scheduled for the same appointment time.
This problem, of course, led to a crowded waiting room and a long
waiting time with some very unhappy patients.
TIM
PHILIPPART read four of his short poems.
The first poem, “Off to Join,” told
of his desire to join a circus, he finally did, however, run off with a
carnival and learned to shovel cages.
The second, “Cannon Fodder,” tells
of being shot from a cannon and “soaring
close to big top’s peak.” “Elephants,” was the third title and in
two stanzas asked the question, why did “the circus paint smiles on elephants.” The
last poem, “The Hula Hoop Woman,”
told of James working at a circus when he believed he saw the beautiful hula
hoop woman staring right at him.
Everyone wondered what ever happened to him when someone stated they saw
his pickup parked behind a circus tent 100 miles away.
AMY
CLITES read her two-page story entitled, “Thoughts From the Third Coast.”
Amy told of her decision to write an article on how to give practical
advice on making decisions when she herself could never seem to make up her own
mind. Some of her advice, “make small
decisions routine,” and don’t fear fear,” was part of her advice.
AMY
BRAILEY continued with Chapter 13 of her novel, Jon Everett and the Hall of
History. In this part of the
novel Jon begins talking to George Washington as they begin their march to
protect a group of wagons from the Indians.
Part of the conversation included George telling him of the time he fell
off a raft when crossing a river and almost freezing to death if it hadn’t been
for a farm that was close by -- and
belonged to one of his friends.
CAREN VON
SEE
began reading from Chapter 8 of her novel, My Treasure Chest. This part of the
story begins with Antonio and Angelo assessing the various buildings scattered
around their property and trying to prioritize their needed repairs. When he returns Sara begins telling him of
her opinion of their attorney, stating he reminded her of the shyster lawyers
she saw back in the states.
DANIELLE
JOHNSON read two pages of her story, “Love & Dissidence.” In
this part of the story Nikolai and his bride, Katia, enter the hallway of the
Palace of Marriages where they are to be legally married. The story, being told by her sister, tells of
the conversation between the two sisters as they patiently wait for the ceremony
to begin. Katia states she doesn’t want her marriage to be like her
parents marriage.
GAIL
GALVAN read two poems from her book, Affinity for Rainbows.
The first poem, “Katfish Karma,”
tells of the terrible results from finding a lover online that has been “less
than truthful” concerning his, or her, person.
The second poem, “The Hawk Who
Greets Me,” tells of the wonderful feelings concerning a morning hawk she
has encountered.
KATHY
FLOTZ read her short memoir entitled, “A Day in a Life,” which begins with her ride to work as she
listens to the radio and learns of the terrible encounters in New York on Sept.
11, 2001. It brought back memories of
fifty years prior when her husband experienced the bombings during World War II
as well as her own childhood in a concentration camp.
BEVERLY
STANISLAWSKI read her two-page short story entitled, “Sun
Spots.” The story begins with Sarah
asking her grandfather “where did the sun
go?” The grandfather began telling her a story of how the sun had to be
punished for disturbing the Lord of the Lake with his continuous compliments of
himself. The punishment included how the
sun must turn his face away (solar eclipse) every so often.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:30 P.M.
Respectfully submitted:
SHARON
BUCKMAN
