Tuesday, March 8, 2022

February 24, 2022



MEMBERS PRESENT:

 Katherine Flotz,   Mike Riley, Sharon Palmeri, Beverly Stanislawski, Amy Brailey, Gail Galvan, Diane Stratton, Corri Stephenson, Paula Stephenson, Cindy Horgash

GUESTS: Bob and Judy Newman

NEW BUSINESS/LITERARY NEWS:  Katherine Flotz reminded members that $20 due are due.  Mike Ripley passed around a children’s book he is looking to publish after editing is finished.

 

OLD BUSINESS:  Feb. 10 meeting minutes approved  by Katherine Flotz and Sharon Palmeri,

READINGS:

DIANE STRATTON read from her story ”Flip Some Good from Covid Solitude,”  a reflection on how we can all gather some good from the unpleasant limitations of the historical Covid 19 Situation. We can do this by reaching out to others we haven’t seen in a whille and brightening their world and ours by inquiring how they have been.

MIKE RILEY’S story “The Game” told about a basketball game played on a balcony. Bob, the star, won the game, but nobody believed it. It was just a dream. 

CINDY HORGASH  brought a short story “Purple Heart” about a WW11 veteran who shares his medal at a Veteran’s Day service and lifts a seventy-year-old burden from his shoulders. 

GAIL GAVAN read a sonnet by Professor Charles Tinkham  from “Skylark” magazine. 

SHARON PALMERI  presented  “No Guarantee,” a story about her experiences as an OB technician  during a complicated delivery. During the operation, she told herself  ”detach yourself from the patient to assure a clear mind. Emotions cloud technical skills.”  Detachment was not easy.

Due to the bad weather, the restaurant owner asked us to leave early so he could close.  Meeting Adjourned at 7:40 p.m.

 

Amy Brailey and Beverly Stanislawski did not get an opportunity to read their writings.


Respectfully submitted,

Beverly Stanislawski

 


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