Farewell to Reid

Hi Everyone: What a wonderful last meeting with Reid, although if you are back, Reid, some time for a visit, you can always join us, especially as you are the founding member. You will be really missed. What will your email be in Colorado so we can keep sending you our messages.

Food was lovely, as usual. How about we always do pot luck as a whole meal on a Monday evening can be a lot for all. Maybe the person hosting the meeting can suggest a theme and what that person will be making and we can make food around it. What do you all think?

We had a great discussion about everything under the sun and then the book. Reid pointed out that she could tell when the author died and her niece took over. When the hard back copy came out they did not mention that she had died just that she was ill. What a shame. We didnt actually decide on a book but these were thrown into the pool - not all have authors but can look up. I will add one I have just read which was absolutely fascinating. So...

The Help - Olive Kitridge-Stout (Reid I think I messed this up)

House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper

The Art of Racing in the Rain

The Daily Coyette (sp?) by Shreve Stockton

Haunting Bombay - based in India about a child ghost floating around a large house that once belonged to the British but now owned by a fairly well off India family. Wonderful storyline. Brings out how people in India (then and maybe now) believe in ghosts and are all sorts of gods that they pray to and depend on. It is tragic as well fulfilling. It is a new book and I did get it from (sorry Jayne) Lancaster Library.

By the way the name of Reid's newspaper in Colorado is "The Sky High Daily News" and we look forward to finding out when you will be starting your first day and if it will be online so we can send letters to the editor about your articles etc. Good comments, of course.

Reid has a blog and I am sure she will not mind me listing it. I will definitely try to access it but my record on blogs is down right hopeless and now Daniela is away it is even worse.

www.pierce-armstrong.blogspot.com

Thank you Jayne for hosting the evening. As usual you are a wondereful hostess.

Regards to all

Frances

PS: are we in for our first drought of the season. I have to water my garden for the first time since July and even then David did it.