A new reader joined us this month, Doug from Lander, Wyoming. Lander is about 25 minutes from Riverton, which is where I graduated from high school. And Jim’s wife is from Lander, so it was definitely old home week. Doug has about 4,000 books in his house, which can...
The May’s book club always lands on Mother’s Day, so I was expecting a smaller group. Which was true, except for the no-shows were Jim and Michael! Both had higher priorities (Mother’s Day festivities), so that was understandable. I’m sure we’ll see them next...
We had another new reader join us this month, Anita from Colorado. She recently rejoined Mensa after raising a family and is glad we now have Zoom to connect with fellow members. Anita is an artist and has been a quilter since 1976. She has somewhere between nine...
The core of Michael, Jim, Beth, Christina, Peggy and Linda reported on the books they’ve read. Shayne came online late and had to leave early, so we never heard what he had been reading. Non-book topics included Daylight Savings Time, The Odyssey - Homer - translated...
We had another new member join us this month, Lisa, from Garden City. She moved to the area from the Denver region due to housing costs and is currently volunteering with Respect MO Voters and Smart Elections to keep democracy afloat. We also saw Shayne again after a...
Beth, Linda, Jim, Michael, and Peggy joined us for some pleasant conversation this month. Christina had some Zoom problems, so couldn’t join us, but did provide a list of the books she has been reading. I also heard from Tamara, who we haven’t seen in a while. She...
Just the core group this time around. We did miss Beth, however, as she was out with her extended family tracking and hunting down an unsuspecting Christmas tree. She did provide her list of reading though, so that’s a good thing. I just hope the tree didn’t suffer...
Yet another new reader joined us this month, Ron from Republic, MO. While we were waiting for others to join us, he let me know because of his poor eyesight he mainly reads with audio books. Unfortunately he had to leave early before we had a chance to hear what he...
Another new reader joined us this month, Shayne from Kansas City! Interesting life story — he was trained in PsyOps [Psychological Operations] at Ft. Bragg (KY) and has spent considerable time overseas. He’s also had a separate career in IT, also working for the...
Another good turnout for the September Book Lovers SIG matching last month’s attendance. Always exciting when someone new joins us; this month it was Robert from Omaha! Robert is a retired Industrial Engineer. He was born in Austria (I think) where his father served...
