THIRD THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1:00 p.m.  The literary group meets in The Neat Little Bookshop.  Everyone welcome ~the coffee and tea's always on.

THEME:  Bring a token of Christmas ~ a reading, a poem, an item, possibly a family heirloom.

OPTION:  Lunch in The Back 40.   If you did not receive a Third Thursday e-mail and wish to receive it in the future, please email us at neatlittlebookshop@gmail.com

"When they were around ten, eleven, thirteen," he said, "every Saturday night I would get away from my commitments and read to them.  It was our Saturday night together.  I read them Rousseau, history books, poetry, Victor Hugo.  Later, Stendhal, and Tolstoy.  We'd talk about what we read.  Read out loud to each other.  Every Saturday night for years...It was," he paused, "one of the happiest periods of my life.