THE REVIEW

WHERE ARE THE WOMEN?


The women have deserted me. I was alone here with the men at last night’s meeting, and my husband was out of town. Tsk. Tsk. As my mother would have said. The funny thing was that Bryon was working at a mill up in Quesnel and ran into Margaret’s son, Marshall, while we were sitting here reading Margaret’s latest installment in “Coffin And Dye”. How’s that for coincidence?

I read Margaret’s chapter “Ghosts At The Hamlet” where Coffin and Tootsie rush back to the constabulary because they were told Arthur, her dog, had been found. But when they arrived, a woman brought in a black cat that Tootsie was allergic to. She was very upset. The officer read the original report, and nowhere did it say the missing animal was a dog. Coffin was annoyed, but refused to fill out a complaint for which he would have to attend a meeting with a Board. They returned home. But Tootsie went back on her own to fill out the complaint.

Jim shared with us his query letter that elicited a request for his manuscript. Congratulations! It was very well written and now I have to rewrite my own, especially since I received another rejection for my novel.

I am entering a story of less than 750 words in the contest at Polar Expressions. I had three to choose from and asked the boys to help me decide which to enter. They had previously heard “Next Sunday” and “Watching a Veteran’s Parade”, and last night I read “Freedom” a story about a homeless man. They were unanimous in choosing “Freedom” as my entry.

Bob read more from his personal history and we learned about all the young military personnel (soldiers, sailors, airmen) that used to visit their home during the War. Most of these men were friends of his older stepsister. She eventually found one she married.

Also, a belated happy birthday to Bob. His 79th birthday was on Monday, May 2nd, and his family helped him celebrate with delicious ice cream cake.

Jason didn’t read. His time has been consumed with other adventures, which I’ve told him he must write about.

Our next Meeting will be Wednesday, May 18th at 7:00 p.m. here at my place. Hope to see you then.

Lisa