Butler Women of Wisdom Book Club

Hi Everyone, The September Butler Women of Wisdom Book Club met on Wednesday, September 17 at Kairo's Coffee House. Members in attendance were Becky, Ginnie, Cheryl, and myself. It was a small group, but where two or more readers are gathered, book discussions will commence! Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See is a memorable read. Always a "fan" of historic fiction, I gathered many interesting facts about the suffrage of women in the Chinese culture. For example, although I was aware of the Chinese tradition of footbinding, See's book provided the demented details of the process. A quote we found especially shocking explained why men lusted after a woman's bound foot, "The way her heel curves down like a sac with her forefoot pointed out just so will remind her husband of his own member." To say we were flabbergasted to discover that the male obsession with his own penis is at the root of this perverted tradition is an understatement. I am st...

Hello Everyone, It has been a hectic two weeks diving back into the school year. Each day I get up at 5:00 A.M., meditate through yoga, then proceed to embrace the day! Anyway, with all the embracing I've been doing, I simply haven't had time to write to you. Soon it will be time for our next book club which is scheduled to meet on Wednesday, September 17 at Kairo's Coffee House. This, however is the night of Butler's Battle of the Bands and my nephew David is performing in it for the last time. It is his senior year. Can we change the date to either Tuesday, September 16 or to Wednesday, September 24? Everyone, send me an email to let me know! To bring everyone up-to-date on last month's meeting, our August book club was a scrumptious hit! There were seven members in attendance: Becky, Cheryl, Christine, Ginnie, Jody, Lori, and myself. The meeting was hosted at Lori's southwestern style villa overlooking the golden corn vineyards of Penn Township.Our read...