Howdy

I do hope attendance begins to pick back up. These meetings rely on group participation which is hard to maintain over two hours when there are only three attendees. On the upside, Jake did walk out of the meeting with about five books.

Our last meeting was the weirdest meeting ever cause there were alone 4 people there. Me(hannah), jake, katie, and ed. for half of the time we read and talked and did the exercise. And the other half we spent in ed office eating suckers(which people from the north call them like me and people from the south call them lollipops) and we got free books and free bookmarks!

pip pip cheerio peace out

--Hannah

Meeting Tonight

I meant to send this out Friday but I forgotted. We are meeting tonight at 6pm at the Morrison Library. Who is going to be there?

HEY, ED! No, I'm not posting writing, but rather, a question: was the entry from Ed McDonald of Charlotte in the Forum on the editorial page of the Observer today from you? I remember your last name being McDonald for some reason.

New Online Journal Wants Stuff

Hey, got something that is ready for submission? Check out this brand spanking new journal.

The Poet President

Obama wrote poetry when he was younger. I wonder if he still does now. According to the article he was 19 when these were published in one of them student literary magazines. The article is here and the poems are at the end of the story.

Have you seen the white whale?

No, not New Gingrich, I am referring to the original white whale, ya'll: Moby Dick. Is anyone here interested in an online annotated version of Herman Melville's classic? You know I read that book when I was way too young to understand it. I should read it again. Who wants to start a discussion group?

Howdy From Charleston

I am in Charleston for a conference. It's my first conference and I sat through a couple of informative presentations yesterday. The one on the trouble with verifying the authority of content on the internet was especially good. This blog was not mentioned. I took some pictures yesterday and thought I would share them.

The city's famous bridge. It's beautiful


Me at the Battery. A great park at the southern tip of Charleston.


A sunset view of the city from across the river. Found this by accident, just driving around.


Fort Sumter. I think it's Fort Sumter. It was in the right spot.


A panorama of a view of the city from across the river.


My ladyfriend, Melanie, standing in front of the city at dusk.

Our Next Couple of Meetings

Hello again. Our next meeting is going to be on Monday November 24th at 6pm. Also, in December our meeting will be on Monday, December 22nd. What do you all think of that? Maybe Mitchell will be in town on December 22nd?