MARCH 10, 2022

 

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Shirley Hinman, Sharon Buckman, Judy Newman, Bob Newman, Kathy Flotz, Sharon Palmeri, Beverly Stanislawski, Amy Brailey, Cindy Horgash

 

 

 

 

 

OLD BUSINESS:

A vote of approval for the February 24, 2022 minutes was first given by BOB NEWMAN, and was seconded by CINDY HORGASH.

LITERARY NEWS:

BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI announced that she had won 19 different poetry contests in 5 different states since our last meeting.  Indiana had given her three, HM, 3^rd place and Reserve.  Arizona, 3^rd, Illinois, 2^nd, Pennsylvania HM, and Texas, 13.  Congratulations Beverly!

READINGS:

BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI read four of her poems, that she had entered in these contests.  The first, “Love Song,” which had placed 3^rd in the Texas contest, telling of the “love lost in the music of our sweet romance.” The second, “Over Before Beginning,” 3^rd place in the free verse in Texas, which the title described.  The third, “Looking For Love,” 4^th in Texas, a poem describing a hurtful romance.  The last poem, “Carbon Copies,” describing the closeness of twins.

AMY BRAILEY read Chapter 34 of her novel, Jon Everett and the Hall of History. Jon, having returned from his time back in history with George Washington, tells his classmates, during his presentation, how much he admired Washington and all the men that fought with him.

KATHERINE FLOTZ read her two-page short story entitled, “Here We Go Again.”  In this story she describes the similarities of the war in Ukraine to the Russian invasion of Yukoslavia in the 1940’s.

SHARON BUCKMAN read her short story entitled, “Joys of Writing.”  In this humorous story she tells of all the problems that she endured in one day while attempting to write on her old computer.

SHIRLEY HINMAN read two of her poems, the first, “Gray Day,” describes how happy she was at the beginning of the day when school was canceled due to the weather, boredom sunk in later. The second, “Limericks for Kids,” tells of six different humorous limericks designed to make all children laugh.

CINDY HORGASH read her two page scary short story entitled, “100 Step Cemetery.”  The story tells of young Marty challenging several of his friends to climb up the 100 steps to the cemetery after telling them of all the terrible things that can happen to them after they do.

BOB NEWMAN tells his true two page short story entitled, “An Old Dog…A New Bone.”   The story tells of the problems he had learning how to “become more modern,” by purchasing a new computer which also involved his wonderful son-lin-law.

JUDY NEWMAN read her two-page short story entitled, “And The Answer Is…”  Judy  tells of the problems she and her husband encountered while taking a trip to Greece on their 50^th anniversary, it certainly makes you want to stay at home.

SHARON PALMERI continued with her memoirs, this one entitled “Back to Work, 1976.” Sharon tells of first working in Central Supply, where instruments were cleaned and readied for surgery.  She then wrote of funny, embarrassing, and tragic  experiences in her favorite department: Labor & Delivery. She wrote about the birth of a four-month-old infant that died in her hands: “Sometimes  ̶  I can still see, in my mind’s eye, those tiny hands and feet, with fingers and toes stretching out, trying to reach its mother’s womb.”

The meeting was adjourned at 6:30 P.M.

Respectfully Submitted:

SHARON BUCKMAN