THE RAM’S HEAD REVIEW

June 3, 2007

There were eight of us here on Thursday to share our love of the written word. Bob was unable to join us due to ill health. Ellie attended, but wasn’t yet feeling her usual self. And Gemma arrived and we were so glad to see her again.

Margaret read first from the Peabody collection. This time, Ernest and Eric are searching in Square E for Rev. Peabody, going through the church ruins where they are visited by a ghost.

Susan read Ch. 15, where Phyllis takes Barley to hospital. He gets stitched up and then they have to travel home. They line up at the Albion Ferry, and Barley passes out. Finally they arrive home where his Mother is relieved to see him, but he is still worried terribly about Stanley. Newton says not to worry. If the dog has a chip in him, they should be able to track him.

I read “Predator And Prey”, which I’m going to put on the website on the Works page. I also read Ch. 36 of my novel. Cam and Tanner arrive at the townhouse to find Fiona missing and they can’t locate her. Miles shows up, and is questioned by Tanner about Rick and pot and barns. Then a notice comes through the mail slot about the broken water main, and Cam runs down the road to see who delivered it. He feels a desperate need to see his Mom.

Amanda read a story she has written called “Sunshine Shells”, part of her Virtue series. This story shows two young girls making a necklace of seashells and then learning to share it when one of them feels bad about something. Touching.

Tara read 3 of her poems, all untitled. The first one dealt with her relationship with time. The second is about forgetting the name of her lover. And the third spoke of an angel of death approaching. These poems were all very haunting, deep insights.

Nathaniel had been on a week-long get-away, but he did return my magazine even though he didn’t read. As the only man present, he commented on our lack of enthusiasm for submitting Father’s Day pieces for our website, compared to Mother’s Day. So there’s the challenge. Let’s put out our best for Dear Old Dad. Father’s Day is June 17th. We have two weeks to produce something for our website. And of course, Nathaniel will write something for us this time, too. Right?

Ann mentioned that when she did research on the internet for a course she’s taking, she ran into a line from a non-fiction story of her own that she had written. Do any of you ever Google your own names? You should at least find anything you’ve submitted to the website by doing that. Fame is easy these days. It just doesn’t seem to be affixed to the fortune anymore.

Next meeting will be here at my place Thursday, June 7th at 7:00 p.m. Bring your Muse.

Lisa