Reading for just six minutes a day can reduce stress by 68%
Have a reduced stress Christmas everyone!
Baron
Sunday, December 11, 2016
Thursday, December 1, 2016
SEPTEMBER MEETING NOTES (2nd try, now in December)
Howdy Spirits,
Since it took me longer than expected to weave my lyrical magic in the last post, I'll try again at the September meeting notes post now. Wish me luck. Although it looks like it won't be too long since the notes are rather short. Here we goooo.... (said like Peter Pan)
Old Business:
Deuce has posted some pictures to our Pinterest Board. The secret one, sshhhhhhh.
We must have talked a bit about a previous book, KINGS MOUNTAIN, since there is a note saying that most of the prisoners escaped. I think though that we talked some about how it would be a logistical challenge for the Overmountain Men to maintain so many prisoners during the the trek back home. Having to feed, keep watch over, and travel with all those prisoners would complicate and slow things down considerably. As Sir Toppemhat might say, "You are causing confusion and delay!" On a side note about Kings Mountain: we went to spend Thanksgiving with JB's side of the family out in the midwest. I was talking to my Aunt and found out that she too is in a book club. She started it actually. And the book they are reading right now is Sharyn McCrumb's latest book PRAYERS THE DEVIL ANSWERS so I thought that was a pretty cool coincidence. Book clubs are cool! I'm sure that her club isn't nearly as hard core as The Spirits though. Another side note on our trip out to the midwest. I ran a 10k road race on Thanksgiving morning. Several mistakes with that decision: 1. It was at 8:00 in the morning. That should have disqualified it right there. 2. It was 39 degrees. That should have disqualified it right there. 3. It required running 6.2 miles. That should have disqualified it right there. 4. I had to pay $25 to go run 6.2 miles at 8:00 am when it was 39 degrees. But as my North Carolina real estate agent once said, "Some people got more money than they got sense". Fair enough Horace, you got me.
New Business:
On September 24th (2016), there was an Overmountain Men re-enactment at Sycamore Shoals. So if this is the first you've heard of it, I apologize for providing this information just a tippy tap tip tap bit late. At this time please refer to my previous post with a nice little apology song. It's a real catchy tune. :-)
And this month's book, ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE is our 20th book! If I remember correctly, we had cake, food and wine. I know food and wine is standard issue for The Spirits, but the cake was a new addition. So now the question is: how often (brief aside: Chief informed me that the proper pronuncion of "often" is "off-un". The "t" is silent. I've been saying it wrong for as long as I can remember. Ugh) so anyway, the question is: how often should we celebrate a bookiversary? Every 5th time around? So the next one would be 25. We can discuss at the next meeting.
We also discussed doing a private painting class for the club. I think that would be a really cool thing to do. It is fun, the painting turns out much better than you would probably expect, and you can bring food and wine/beer! I mean, "Why in the world would you NOT?!" Sorry, that quote is from one of the super cheezy car dealership commercials on TV. I bet you've seen that commercial too? But the price isn't really that bad either, I think maybe around $50 per person, which we could raid the Spirit Fund to finance.
Soooo, yeah about the Spirits Fund, so I was presented with a foolproof investment idea for which to triple our funds in just a few short weeks. As the club Treasurer, I made a wise, quick, unilateral decision to invest all our funds in this guarenteed money-making opportunity and you can thank me later as the dolla bills are raining down upon us in 2017. Don't worry, I know a guy. Just keep your eyes on the pet spa market. It's getting ready to go through the roof!
Chief told us about a book idea he had: it takes place in the future on another planet. The planet is covered with seas/oceans and there are lots of sea creatures inside them. Hopefully he can continue brainstorming creative ideas and really write a book one day. That would be awesome.
Boss read two books: IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A MUFFIN, and IF YOU GIVE A CAT A CUPCAKE. He's been reading like a champ!
These dudes are the future of the Novel Spirit Empire we are currently building. Until next time Spirits
Baron
Since it took me longer than expected to weave my lyrical magic in the last post, I'll try again at the September meeting notes post now. Wish me luck. Although it looks like it won't be too long since the notes are rather short. Here we goooo.... (said like Peter Pan)
Old Business:
Deuce has posted some pictures to our Pinterest Board. The secret one, sshhhhhhh.
We must have talked a bit about a previous book, KINGS MOUNTAIN, since there is a note saying that most of the prisoners escaped. I think though that we talked some about how it would be a logistical challenge for the Overmountain Men to maintain so many prisoners during the the trek back home. Having to feed, keep watch over, and travel with all those prisoners would complicate and slow things down considerably. As Sir Toppemhat might say, "You are causing confusion and delay!" On a side note about Kings Mountain: we went to spend Thanksgiving with JB's side of the family out in the midwest. I was talking to my Aunt and found out that she too is in a book club. She started it actually. And the book they are reading right now is Sharyn McCrumb's latest book PRAYERS THE DEVIL ANSWERS so I thought that was a pretty cool coincidence. Book clubs are cool! I'm sure that her club isn't nearly as hard core as The Spirits though. Another side note on our trip out to the midwest. I ran a 10k road race on Thanksgiving morning. Several mistakes with that decision: 1. It was at 8:00 in the morning. That should have disqualified it right there. 2. It was 39 degrees. That should have disqualified it right there. 3. It required running 6.2 miles. That should have disqualified it right there. 4. I had to pay $25 to go run 6.2 miles at 8:00 am when it was 39 degrees. But as my North Carolina real estate agent once said, "Some people got more money than they got sense". Fair enough Horace, you got me.
New Business:
On September 24th (2016), there was an Overmountain Men re-enactment at Sycamore Shoals. So if this is the first you've heard of it, I apologize for providing this information just a tippy tap tip tap bit late. At this time please refer to my previous post with a nice little apology song. It's a real catchy tune. :-)
And this month's book, ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE is our 20th book! If I remember correctly, we had cake, food and wine. I know food and wine is standard issue for The Spirits, but the cake was a new addition. So now the question is: how often (brief aside: Chief informed me that the proper pronuncion of "often" is "off-un". The "t" is silent. I've been saying it wrong for as long as I can remember. Ugh) so anyway, the question is: how often should we celebrate a bookiversary? Every 5th time around? So the next one would be 25. We can discuss at the next meeting.
We also discussed doing a private painting class for the club. I think that would be a really cool thing to do. It is fun, the painting turns out much better than you would probably expect, and you can bring food and wine/beer! I mean, "Why in the world would you NOT?!" Sorry, that quote is from one of the super cheezy car dealership commercials on TV. I bet you've seen that commercial too? But the price isn't really that bad either, I think maybe around $50 per person, which we could raid the Spirit Fund to finance.
Soooo, yeah about the Spirits Fund, so I was presented with a foolproof investment idea for which to triple our funds in just a few short weeks. As the club Treasurer, I made a wise, quick, unilateral decision to invest all our funds in this guarenteed money-making opportunity and you can thank me later as the dolla bills are raining down upon us in 2017. Don't worry, I know a guy. Just keep your eyes on the pet spa market. It's getting ready to go through the roof!
Chief told us about a book idea he had: it takes place in the future on another planet. The planet is covered with seas/oceans and there are lots of sea creatures inside them. Hopefully he can continue brainstorming creative ideas and really write a book one day. That would be awesome.
Boss read two books: IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A MUFFIN, and IF YOU GIVE A CAT A CUPCAKE. He's been reading like a champ!
These dudes are the future of the Novel Spirit Empire we are currently building. Until next time Spirits
Baron
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