The
meeting began at 6:06 P.M.
MEMBERS
PRESENT:
Bob Philpot, Caren Von See, Al Koch,
Sharon Palmeri, Katherine Flotz, Amy Brailey, Tim Phillipart, Hardarshan Valia,
Mike Ripley, Bev Stanislawski, Jessica Renwald, and Diane Stratton
OLD
BUSINESS:
Visitors:
JOHN HUNT (returning
after 8 years away) and CAROL VON SEE (Visiting
Caren)
A vote of approval for the February 7,
2019 minutes was first given by CAREN
VON SEE and seconded by HARDARSHAN
VALIA
NEW BUSINESS:
REMINDER:
Meetings March 7 and April 4: These
two meetings will be held in the Public Library in St. John. Address:
9450 Wicker
Ave, St John, IN 46373 Meetings March 21 and April 25: These two meetings will be held in the
Crown Point Library. Address: 122 N Main St, Crown Point, IN 46307
READINGS:
TIM
PHILLIPART read four free verse poems. The first, entitled “Eschatology,” looks at different aspects of the hereafter, with
the ironic stanza opener of “I am not.”
The second, “Just Practicing” traces
the relationship of a boy and girl through the years. “But I
Wouldn’t Want to” describes our current cold, rainy, snowy days and the
fact that we could live without the warmth we anticipate, but wouldn’t want
to. Finally, “Commas” is a tongue in cheek look at punctuation in poetry.
BEVERLY
STANISLOWSKI read two poems. Her first, “Ode to a Lowly Pothole” is an hilariously ironic ode (tribute)
poem recounting the damages done by the all-too-present potholes. The second poem, “The Makeover” is a sixteen line poem with 8 sets of couplets in
which a man goes to great efforts to makeover his girl, only to have her run
off with his friend.
AL
KOCH read “Key
Man” from his book entitled Koch’s
Choice: Musings and Memories from the
Mind Cafeteria A to Z (soon available for purchase J) in
which a student achieves great importance by becoming the key man—the one to
ring the bell to end class—until a loss of focus and a great mistake humbles
him.
AMY
BRAILEY read “The
Dragon Is Not Real,” a short story from her finish the story
collection. In it, a well-known
hypnotist Nyx squares off with a nosey newspaper reporter trying to prove he’s
a fraud.
CARON
VON SEE read a continuation of Chapter 10 of My
Treasure Chest. In this section, Antonia takes Uncle
Lorenzo to task over his gambling debts, which Antonio has had to pay off for
him.
MIKE
RIPLEY read a section from his short novel (commuter
novel) entitled Lake Stories. In this
section, a boy has a defining moment when he is playing in the house, and a man
with a hat approaches. His mother hides,
keeping him hidden as well, and the man leaves.
The boy repeatedly questions the adults in his life about the man in the
hat, but the all evade the question.
DIANE
STRATTON read the conclusion of her “Untitled Fiction Story” started on
1/17/19. In this section, each person’s
weaknesses are displayed for all to see.
Now each person must decide how to proceed from here.
HARDARSHAN
VALIA read a poem entitled “Shades of Creation—A Scene at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park” which
beautifully describes the contrast between the non-living lava and the plants
that spring from its destruction.
The Meeting Adjourned at 8:05
Respectfully
submitted,
AMY BRAILEY
