Middle Row: Marjorie Doughty
Front Row" Dolores Fugina, Dennise Sleeper, Liilia Morrison, Carol Parker, Landolphe D'Aquin
And now for the readings:
Marsha Maynard read two poems, "Mushroom Lady" about buying flowers--she was afraid to buy the mushrooms, and "Romanian Child" about begging, and a short story, "Discovering Armondo" about discovering an art students fear of death and sharing the gospel with him.
Phil Marraccini read the short story form of a script he had written for a short film, "Feeding Frenzy." He had the crowd laughing at this hilarious murder mystery.
Landolphe D'Aquin read two short stories, "I Get Smart" about finding the joys of renaming and rethinking the abilities of those in your life and "Temptation" about meeting a soul mate in a dog that wasn't meant to be long lived.
Carol Parker, author of "Flukes" and "Affair with a Queen," read two hilarious short stories about her ex-husbands. "Fear Never Dies" is about a frequent nightmare that ends with an unexpected twist and "Promises, promised to a writer" is about all the little things that come together and result in an ending.
Liilia Morrison read "Ramble Days" and reminded us to take off our blinders and see.
Marjorie Doughty, author of "REenactment: A Modern Civil War Mystery," "Gator Hole," "Memoirs of an Insignificant Dragon," "Bones of the Dragon," "Another Summer," and "I, The Sparrow", read an enjoyable excerpt from "Another Summer."
Delores Fugina, of Bloomin Good Flowering Tree Nursery, read a "Letter from Rambo" to his foster parents about getting "it" done.
Dennise Sleeper, read "Not Today!" about overcoming death knocking at the door. This piece won third place in fiction for the 'Resilience' writing contest, August 2012.
Richard Button, author and singer of "On Saturday Morning" and "Cadillac Music Video," played the song "Then Came You" about his son coming into the world and Richard's life and sang "Run Run Run" about Joseph being warned to get Mary and Jesus away when Herod was out to kill all the boy babies.
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We meet Wednesday evenings, 7:00 pm, at 29600 SW 167th Ave, Homestead. For more information, please call Dennise Sleeper 305-281-6020.
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