March 9, 2023

MEMBERS PRESENT:

KATHERINE FLOTZ, SHARON BUCKMAN, SHIRLEY HINMAN, DIANE STRATTON, TRENT PENDLEY,  BOB NEUMAN, JUDY NEUMAN, BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI, SHARON PALMERI, AMY BRAILEY, CINDY HORGASH, MIKE MUSAK

OLD BUSINESS:

The minutes for the February 23^rd meeting were approved by BOB NEUMAN AND JUDY NEUMAN.

 

 

LITERARY NEWS:

TRENT PENDLEY stated he had found a manuscript written by his aunt long ago and had it digitalized, he had brought a portion of it with him.

READINGS:

DIANE STRATTON read a nonfiction reflection on how kind gestures from strangers that we encounter can make the world a nicer place.

BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI wrote a one page true story about a man she had met years before they called “The Freedom Man.”  He was named this because he always related his meeting with President Lincoln.

KATHERINE FLOTZ continued her story entitled, “The Journey.”  This part of the true story relates what happened between Tom Wilson and his girlfriend, Arlene, who is not too happy with his plans to bring Martha and her boys to America.

SHIRLEY HINMAN read her five-stanza poem entitled, “The Mirror.”  The poem relates to the image we see in the mirror not always telling who we really are.  Shirley also read a poem entitled, “You’ve Got to Start Somewhere.”  The poem tells to, “move from your comfort zone.  Stop sitting on the shelf.”

AMY BRAILEY read one of her charming non-completed stories entitled, “The Dragon is Not Real.” The story tells of a newspaper reporter coming to see a hypnotist show and is surprised when she becomes part of the show.

SHARON PALMERI read two pages of her short story entitled, “Confessions of a Bookie.”  A humorous story of Sharon’s addiction to books, and the book that proved it.

BOB NEUMAN read his three-page short story entitled, “A Crude Cross.”  The story tells of a young man, contemplating suicide, finding new hope from a priest in a Wyoming church.

JUDY NEUMAN read her true story about their carbon monoxide warning, and some biblical warnings.

TRENT PENDLEY read the opening pages of his late great, great, great Aunt’s manuscript, “The Thirteenth Vibration.”  This unpublished 370 page novel is set in Pre-WWI Paris and tells of a widow of a prominent doctor that recently died.

MIKE MUSAK: read his two page short story entitled, “Kidnapped Help Line.” The story tells a story of Edward Cheetah, CEO of EFUTEC being kidnapped and taunted with his impending death within 30 minutes.

SHARON BUCKMAN read her two-page screen play entitled, “The Right to Shut Up.”  The story, which included some of our members, told of a very bossy woman trying to start a Homeowners Assn.

The meeting ended at 7:30 P.M.,

Respectfully submitted,

SHARON BUCKMAN