THE REVIEW

FEBRUARY FIVE

There were five of us here Wednesday night in spite of the rains. Jim, Jason, Annette, and Kristi all came to join me and we read some of our scribblings.

I read first although I probably shouldn’t have read at all. With both my recent surgery and the prospect of the next one looming, my mind has not been on the written word. However, I did write and then read about what expectations I have of my upcoming pre-admission visit at the hospital. After five surgeries, it is all very routine to me, and probably read that way as well. If the writer is bored, then so, too, will be the reader.

Annette read a short personal introspection called “The Winter Nest”. She describes daily walks to the end of the driveway and not knowing which way to go, much like the geese she watches who seem unable to leave and fly south for the winter. She thinks they laugh at her when she decides not to leave home, either. Very poignant.

Jason read the next chapter in his novel. Gregg is at home drained and exhausted from his healing of Jaina. Jody is with him. His parents are also there, trying to find out what the two teenagers had been up to. The parents think the kids had been having sex. Gregg and Jody don’t enlighten them, but Gregg does then become sexually excited and Jody notices. This scene ramps up the sexual tension between the two of them and we see a softer, more human side of Jody.

Kristi read her most recent re-write of chapter 1 in “Jane And The Midnight Daisies”. This shows a more mature version of Jane acting as a midwife in the very poor section of town close to the docks. She is very concerned that the mother seems to not want her newborn but finally convinces her to nurse the baby. This is setting up the explanation of where the food supply for the daisies will come from in later chapters. Oh, what horror!

Jim read Chapter 69 and 70 in “Coventry Ghosts – Book II”. As the submarine is leaving, Sara the kitten says good-bye to Mei-Xiu, and invites her to come visit them at Coventry. The sub is heading toward the aircraft carrier which has a physician who can treat the lieutenant. Two platoons of marines later parachute into Honywuan to destroy Jason’s new computer. Sara also goes but is terrified for them when she discerns the lone computer in the lab is a bomb. She wraps herself around it to contain the blast, but is herself blown into the depths of Drakko. She’s got herself into another fix, as only a kitten can do.

Margaret Moffatt has an article on the history of Fort Langley in the February issue of Today’s Senior Newsmagazine.

Lorelie is still dealing with health issues and we wish her well. Leah is super busy with her business endeavors these days. And we haven’t heard from anyone else.

I am definitely scheduled for my last surgery on March 3rd, after which I will require about 4 to 6 weeks for recovery before I can again host Meetings. Therefore, the next Meeting will be Wednesday, February 18th at 7:00 p.m. here at my place, and will be the last until sometime in April probably. So mark your calendar and we hope to see you February 18th.

PS: Did you know that February 14th is both Valentine’s Day and International Condom Day? Now why is that?

LISA A. HATTON
Author
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