What Do You Want From Me? by Doreen Orion

A PJ First!

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:00:12 -0500

This lovely book club in Lancaster, PA met in their PJs just for me! Back Row: Donna, Marti, Stephanie, Ruth. Front Row: Stephanie (the hostess, with honorable mention to her husband, Rodney, who made a cameo appearance on the phone), Linda, Verna, Ruth. If I had known how spiffy they looked, I might have worn a nicer pair than the ratty one I had on when I called. (And no, you won't be...

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Boat People

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:18:04 -0500

This Seattle book club has two members who own boats. One even lives on hers. Needless to say, I'm not telling Tim. For those of you who haven't been following the blog (and why is that?) or read the book (don't worry, I'm not even talking to you*) that's because his next idiotic dream is to live on a boat. We had enough disasters on dry land in a bus, so I don't want to encourage him. Not...

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I Don't Go To Bed, I Experience Bed

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:12:59 -0500

I'm still laughing about that line said to me by one of these lovely Wisconsin book clubbers: From left to right: Tricia, Kathy, Terry Jo, Margaret, Lee and Debbie. Wine AND martinis, ladies? You're in the running for top book club! Thanks for the very enjoyable discussion, and for continuing to make me laugh!

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Bear 1, Project Nerd 1 (Talk About Fatal Attraction!)

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:35:44 -0500

Dear Cindy Bear, As Yogi's girlfriend, you were always so prim and proper. What happened? Fine. I suppose I shouldn't have told you and yours to "bring it on," after the tear-the-shed-door-off-its-hinges incident. For that, I am truly sorry. When Tim and I heard a rustling outside our bedroom last night, little did we know you and your two cubs (they're Yogi's, right? They look just like him)...

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The Biggest Little City

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:03:49 -0500

The members in this lovely Reno book club know each other from high school and have been meeting for two years. Top row (left to right) Tara La Casse & Karri Hurwitz Bottom row (left to right) Lindsay Anderson, Lindsey Gray & Jennifer O'Harra If I had known how adorable they all looked, I might have gotten out of my pajamas while on the other end of the phone. Or, at least put on some...

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Project Nerd 1, Bear 0.

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:08:53 -0500

It's not that we live somewhere in the country. Oh, no. We live in the City of Boulder. Doesn't seem to matter to the critters in these here parts, though. In just the past few weeks, we've seen fox (I know I owe you pictures. What do you want from me? Oh, pictures. OK), raccoon, a mountain lion and now, evidence of bear: We've been seeing plenty other evidence of bear (if you get my drift),...

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A Princess Returns as Queen

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:51:04 -0500

Last week, Tim and I went to New York to visit the Queen Mother and her consort, King Henry. We did a couple of walking tours in various parts of Brooklyn. Here's my fave: Crossing the Brooklyn Bridge (we then walked around Brooklyn Heights - great architecture). As soon as we got off the bridge into Brooklyn Heights, a group of college kids stopped us and asked ME where Grimaldi’s was. You...

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The Stratton Woods Book Club

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:46:35 -0500

Back Row L-R: Carey Chadbourne, Amber Badgley, Kelly Stiehl, Karen Kreider, Charlotte Kirkpatrick, Debban Dodrill, Erika Schroder Front Row L-R: Amy Shaw, Ladan Madresehee & Baby Amira, Mary Rowland, Allison Wagner, Ellen Scheinfeld and Amy Shaw’s mother-in-law visiting from Wyoming, Margaret. Member arriving late: Sue Huebsch (I don't judge, I just report.) This notable book club has been...

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My Man's Annual

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:11:32 -0500

We women have ours, why shouldn't they have theirs? In this case, my man's annual is his camping trip with buddy Jim. I think I'll stick with my gynecological exam, thank you very much. Once again, Tim met Jim at Jim's sister's terribly rustic cabin in Westcliffe, CO. After a couple of days there, the two friends took Jim's "unit" (oh, stop! That's what he calls his RV) and went off to...

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Lion (Not Tigers or Bears, but still - Oh, My!)

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:51:03 -0500

I saw a mountain lion in our backyard last night. I wish I had taken a picture, but I was too busy slamming the door shut (only the screen was closed). I was lion (sorry, couldn't resist) in bed with my laptop (yeah, I know, what else is new?) and something caught my eye through the window. It was only 6:30pm, so still light out. I figured it was one of the foxes (and yes, more pictures are...

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Meadow View Book Goup

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:36:51 -0500

You know I don't like to play favorites, but when a book club starts our discussion by singing "Happy Birthday" to me... well, how am I supposed to feel? Front row Linda M, Nancy, Heather and Jodie, back row Jessie, Leslie, Linda G, Donna and Lynda B. Since it was peach season in Mechanicsburg, PA, this very astute neighborhood book club (which has been meeting for over 10 years - impressed?)...

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Your Queen Turns 50

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:04:47 -0500

'Tis what We just did, indeed. No need to congratulate Us. It's not like We had any other viable options. Anyway. Tim made the mistake of asking me, months ago, "What do you want to do for your 50th birthday?" So, I told him. "I want to go to Santa Fe." We've been to Santa Fe many times, both driving from Tucson (when we used to live there) and Boulder. But, we hadn't gone for five years and...

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UCLA Book Club

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:11:30 -0500

Oy, I figured I had to be on my toes: All the members are UCLA alumni, a few even therapists (check out Clara's website on depression). Notice anything special about this club? Yep. Men. This book club single-handedly doubled the number of men I've spoken to in book clubs. Pretty cool, huh? Two of the members are even a couple. They've only been meeting since February, so don't really have...

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I Went to Arkansas and All You Get Is This Lousy (and Late) Blog Post

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:13:14 -0500

During our layover in Dallas, dear, sweet Tim, never one to miss an opportunity to egg on my airplane phobia (now that my bus phobia is largely cured) made a big point of saying, "Did you see the plane we're flying into Ft. Smith?" This is what he made me look at: Not sure if the resulting panic attack was due to the size of the plane or the certainty of no drink service while flying in said...

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What Would You Say?

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:49:56 -0500

I finally went clothes shopping (those of you in book clubs I've called into know I haven't for some time) at my (formerly favorite) used clothing store. A salesgirl asked, "Are you finding everything OK?" I told her that no, actually, when I first started shopping there 20 years ago, I could find appropriate clothes, but I hadn't been there in a while since everything seemed a bit young for me...

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