Butler Women of Wisdom Book Club

Merry Christmas Book Club, Yes! I love executive decisions; they save me from unnecessary stress! Woo-hoo! The Language of Flowers is one of the books I wrote down that Janet Black recommended. The other 2 books are The Housekeeper and the Professor and My Life in France: Julia Child. Hysteria was not on my list of notes. January’s book then is The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh. I would like to change the meeting to my house on January 29, 2013 at 6:30 PM instead of Natilie’s Pizzeria. We had a wonderful turnout for our 8 th Annual Christmas Party. Yes, ladies, the Butler Women of Wisdom Book Club has been reading books together for over 8 years. (Historical fact: Our club held its first meeting at my house in October of 2004. Trivia question: What was our first book?) At this year’s party held at the Hartwood Restaurant in Glenshaw, those who attended including myself and Tim were Becky and Jim, Cheryl and Greg, Christine G., Ginnie and Lee, Lori and D...

Merry Christmas Book Club! Our November meeting, the Butler Symphony Christmas home tour, was a beautiful day of sunshine, mild temperatures, and fun for all who attended. Members present including me were Ginnie, Lori, Becky, Barb K., Cheryl, and Jody. We had several guests with us as well: my sister Theresa Beck, Jody’s Daughter Drew, and Becky’s friend and mine Karen Doran. We hope that each of our guests enjoyed their day with us and all are welcome to join our club for any future meetings and events. Our home tour began just a little on the shaky side with a bad choice of restaurants in Saxonburg for breakfast. Although it would have been an ideal location for discussing our November book, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce, the kitchen was basically out of all of the food on their menu. We ended up leaving the restaurant and were, luckily, quickly accommodated at Kelly’s Diner, just a few blocks down Saxonburg’s Main Street. Although, our grou...

Hi Everyone, This email will be a short one. I just wanted to notify all of you right away of important dates decided upon at our October meeting and information you may want to have especially when planning your schedule for the upcoming holiday season. Later, I’ll be sending another email just to share my thoughts on October’s book Gone Girl (as soon as I finish reading it!) Besides myself, those in attendance at October’s “Frankenmonster”  meeting at Mama Rosa’s Restaurant were Barb D., Cheryl, Christine, Lori, and Mary Beth. Thanks to all who braved the storm to join our discussion; I hope all of you were spared any storm damage. Oddly, Tim and I had a  huge pine tree fall in our back yard as a result of the high winds. We didn’t discover it until tonight when a neighbor knocked on our door and told us. Since we leave so early in the morning before daylight, and  we don’t return home until dark, we were unaware of our own micro disaster area. For No...

Hello Everyone,  Our September book club was well attended. It was a fun time at Natilie’s Pizzaria. Those in attendance including myself were Becky, new Barb, old Barb, Cheryl, Christine, Ginnie, Lori, and Mary Beth.  As all of us read our September book Rules of Civility by Amor Towles, we all were affected by its story in a different way. For me, I was affected by the title. I wanted to learn more about The Rules of Civility rather than the story of the book’s main character Katey Content.   This book presents the era of the 1930’s when reading was clearly still a vital form of entertainment and education. The main character Katey Content is an avid reader and her wit and intellect are obviously a testament of the time she has spent in the pages of books. The 1930’s was the heyday of public education when the schools saw tremendous growth rates in student enrollment and the amount of public funding.   It was an era when reading “Great Books” the...