18 November - Susan's exciting news!

Bob had some exciting news at our meeting Thursday night. He had a phone call from Susan to tell him her newest son, Declan, was born at 11.59 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 13^th. Mother and child are doing well. Our congratulations to you and your family, Susan.

I read first Thursday, a poem I had written one other winter when there had been a storm and a power outage. And of course, that’s what the poem is about. It’s called “High Noon”, signifying the 12:00 that all sorts of appliances and electronics flash after a power outage.

Ellie read some more of the girl held captive by her uncle. She manages to shut the secret panel door. A maid comes to prepare her for a betrothal dinner in the hall. She meets the much older and very ugly man her uncle wants her to marry and suffers through the dinner. But when she is supposed to feed him a piece of betrothal cake to seal the deal, she deliberately drops it in his lap.

Margaret read to us of Rev. Peacock looking for his parrot, Joey. He went back to the Inn dressed in costume as the Captain of H.M.S. Pinafore. He meets Sylvester and Goldie, who had caused the rocket to go astray, and they tell him they know where there’s a parrot. They take him, in a very familier motorcycle sidecare, to see Mr. Wiebe, a candlemaker who is adamant that the parrot is his. Relating this to Rev. Peasley, he learns the Pinafore sunk with all lost except the Captain, and it had been bringing opium to England. There was a bounty out for the Captain.

Bob didn’t have anything to read and said he’d had a very difficult week. The storm on Monday caused both Ellie and I to be without power for hours and hours, but nobody else had power failure. Elaine is away for the next 2 weeks, visiting family in Thunder Bay. Amanda was meeting with Michael for help in preparing a manuscript for submission. Carolann had a meeting on cholesterol to attend.

Next meeting here at my place, Thursday, Nov. 22^nd at 7:00 p.m. Hope to see you all then. Bring your Muse.

Lisa