We met at Dani’s house (formerly Shelly’s house) for our June, potluck meeting. First of all, we need some people to post recipes. There were some good salads and desserts. I really can’t remember what exactly, but I do remember I brought watermelon or cantaloupe. You won’t need a recipe for that. If you can’t figure out how to join the blog or post, I can help you out, or you can e-mail me information or recipes and I’ll make sure they get on here sooner or later. By the way, I’m taking a blog lesson and I hope to add a page to this blog where we can put all the recipes in a “potluck” section, and keep the main page for books.
Thank you Dani for your hospitality. We love your house. We also welcomed a new friend at this meeting, Marcelle M. She couldn’t stay long, but we look forward to getting to know her better and to hear her thoughts.
The book we discussed was The Forgotten Garden. It was a favorite of some, and others had some issues with the character or a few pieces that didn’t seem real plausible. We had a great discussion on who we really are, and how important heredity, environment, and family are to each of us. I liked Lyn’s thoughts on how important bloodlines are in the scriptures, and how she use to think that it was a vengeful God that would visit the sins of the fathers upon three or four generations. She later thought how it might not be God’s vengeance, but more just the human condition, where we tend to do things the way our parents did things and those traditions and philosophies are handed down through the generations.
I was in the favorite camp with this book. I liked the writing especially the “Dickens” parts and the fairy tales. I also like several of the characters and the jumping around through the century to fill in clues about the mystery. Sue Ann liked the book and has read others by this author. She doesn’t recommend the other books though because they always deal with some tragedy.
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