2016 SOLC 5/31: Book Club Retreat!

Today I join my fellow bloggers in "serving up a slice" 

to the Tuesday Slice of Life (SOL) community.

Thanks to Stacey, Tara, Betsy, Dana, Beth, and Anna

for hosting this meeting place each Tuesday

and for nurturing our writing lives.

Join us each weekend for Celebrate This Week with Ruth Ayres. 
When we pause to celebrate, we find the joy. 

  A week filled with moments to celebrate and remember!

One night away.

Thirteen friends united by book love

Arrive at different times

The morning crew,

Two afternoon bunches,

The evening party van.

Two meals shared together

Constant chatter

Abundant snacks

Lighthearted laughter

And a scattering of feathers 

(A story for another post).

Careful book considerations

Followed by written ballots

Resulting in next year's book list.

A discussion of this month's book

Our late night tradition of hot cookies

And more talk.

Until the morning people among us 

Stumble off to bed 

How did we stay up until 1am?

Muted conversations continue

As we drift into sleep.

A morning walk on the beach

The sun peeking through the clouds 

Highlighting the mountains.

Fresh fruit, pastries, sourdough pancakes

And more talk, followed by

A hurried clean-up of the cabin

And a dash to make the next ferry.

It's home to our regular lives,

But filled to the brim with book love, 

Good food, dear friends, and memories

To last us until next March.

And a list of twelve books 

To read and discuss each month 

Between now and then.  

We didn't choose all the books you see,
but we considered twenty-seven titles.
Thanks to Lisa's sister, Becky, for this group pic.  

Walk before breakfast with mountains peeking through clouds 

My fun shopping find and the books I submitted -
Mugs with savor (my OLW from two years ago)
and nourish (another favorite word).
This was my grand slam year -
all three of my titles were chosen!
Mind you, I've also had years
when none of my books were selected.