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Last Wednesday, Ellie, Wendy and Jim joined me for the last Meeting before my surgery. There won’t be another Meeting now until probably the third Wednesday in May while I will be recovering.
On Easter weekend, I picked up a copy of Today’s Senior Newsmagazine for April, and right away spotted Wendy’s story, “Nightmares”. Then I spotted Gemma’s story “Rosemary”. I also saw the story “Clinton, The Cariboo”, which I had assumed was Margaret Moffatt’s, but was missing her byline. She later told me it was her article. So that means three Rams were all featured in the April issue. Way to go!!!
Ellie read first. She had found the second page to her poem “Rhythm By A Nature Path” and read the whole version to us. Her words equate the motion of nature to music and tell of the healing and soothing that synchronicity bestows on the audience.
Wendy brought several poems written by her son Scott and read them to us. The first was “The Last Resort” where the author is pleading with someone for help because they are his last resort. It was very sad. The second poem was “Two Ways To Tomorrow”, which speaks of choices and consequences and warns about choosing the wrong path to move forward. The third poem was an expectantly hopeful look at the emergence of spring on a neighbourhood street.
I read my story “Sandy The Sailor”, which I had written ten years earlier, and which I’m thinking of entering in the Candadian Writer’s Journal contest. The story is about a young woman whose sister committed suicide after learning she was infected with HIV. The surviving sister takes over her younger sibling’s role as an exotic dancer and exacts revenge on the man she knew was responsible for her sister’s fate. This is a mystery and Jim said he found the suspense lasted all the way through.
Jim read Ch. 28 in Coventry Ghosts, Book 2. Here we see Olivia walking home from the coffee shop with her boyfriend, Shen, who is smitten with both her and the whole idea of communicating with ghosts and learning about Ghostdom. Jim’s news about his romance novel is that the publisher has since rejected it, but did say they would be very interested in seeing his next romance novel. Which is good news, because Jim is currently writing another one!
Jason did email me to say he is currently unavailable Wednesday evenings as his son’s ball hockey has their practices then. He is getting very close to self-publishing through Amazon. Behind his back, we did discuss his amazing accomplishments with his novel since he joined the group.
My surgery is tentatively scheduled as day surgery on Tuesday, April 9th and recovery may take a month. As soon as I am able, I will schedule our next Meeting of The Rams and let everyone know. In the meantime, be inspired by your Muse so you have stories to share when we do get together again. Happy Writing!
Lisa
