Music Ensemble
Join us Tuesdays at 10 AM. Woodwinds, strings or piano welcome. Did you play an instrument back in school? Pick it up and join us! Beginners welcome-we just enjoy playing together! Contact Leslie, lhl@lessinger.net
Book Group
-We meet third Tuesdays at 1:30. Members alternate choosing books and leading the discussion. Fiction and non-fiction as per leader’s choice. Contact: Kimberlee, oneorganicmother@gmail.com
November 18th selection:
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
So, then. You want a story and I will tell you one… Afghanistan, 1952. Abdullah and his sister Pari live with their father and stepmother in the small village of Shadbagh. Their father, Saboor, is constantly in search of work and they struggle together through poverty and brutal winters. To Abdullah, Pari—as beautiful and sweet-natured as the fairy for which she was named—is everything. Each night they sleep together in their cot, their heads touching, their limbs tangled. One day the siblings journey across the desert to Kabul with their father. Pari and Abdullah have no sense of the fate that awaits them there, for the event which unfolds will tear their lives apart; sometimes a finger must be cut to save the hand. Crossing generations and continents, moving from Kabul, to Paris, to San Francisco, to the Greek island of Tinos, with profound wisdom, depth, insight and compassion, Khaled Hosseini writes about the bonds that define us and shape our lives, the ways in which we help our loved ones in need, how the choices we make resonate through history and how we are often surprised by the people closest to us. (Goodreads)
Restaurant Research and Support Society
Our group offers monthly excursions to restaurants to experience different kinds of food and very enjoyable conversations together. Sometimes we eat locally and often we travel away to have a culinary adventure together!