Holiday Happiness

We enjoyed a delightful holiday evening thanks to Nika.  Our historically themed peasant meal centered on lamb, yams, and mead along with oat bread, garden vegetable and other goodies.  Conversation and sharing among friends, as always, made a memorable evening.

Our book this month was "A Morbid Taste for Bones" by Ellis Peters, the first in a 21 book historical mystery series written around the main character Brother Cadfael, a Benedictine monk.  This was Judy B's selection as she loves the Cadfael television series.  Being the first book in this series, the beginning of the book was a slow read as the characters were being established, but once you were entrenched in the setting and familiar with the players, the book became more interesting.  Brother Cadfael proved to be a wise person well educated in the ways of the world.  He enjoyed tending the garden which contained medicinal as well as food items.  He also showed his humorous side at times, such as when he quipped "When I want to hear my echo, I'll speak first."  The details of daily life were well researched and you felt as if you were part of the village as you read the story.  A few of us commented that they will be reading the second book in the series as they feel this series has potential.  One comment was that the book could have been edited better as the writing style was a bit uneven but we wonder if this is more a British style of writing. 

We ended our evening wrapping many children's books which will be distributed to our community through Entiat Community Resource Center.  We also enjoyed a fun secret Santa gift exchange.  Our January meeting will be hosted by Maureen so mark your calendars for Thursday January 3.

Wishing all a wonderful and safe holiday!