The September meeting of Wine and Words Book Club was held at Kay’s renovated new home. Kay, Linda, Jan, Sandie , Cindy, and Karen attended. Ann was traveling, so could not attend. We enjoyed touring Kay’s 720 sq. ft. home and beautiful garden. Kay served a lovely home-made tomato, carrot, and salsa soup along with a…

The May meeting of Wine and Words Book Club was held at Ann’s because Kay’s home is still being remodeled. Everyone attended…Ann, Karen, Jan, Cindy, Linda, Sandie and Kay. Ann served a delicious salad with berries and a mushroom quiche. We discussed The Light Between the Oceans and everyone enjoyed the book. Themes of morality, timing…

The meeting was held at Linda’s and Cindy, Kay, Sandie, Linda and Jan were present. It  is Karen’s birthday, so she could not attend. Ann and Frank are on a trip to Lopez with another couple for three days. Pat and her husband sold their condo and moved to Bend, Oregon. We will miss you,…

The March meeting of Wine and Words Book Club was held at Pat’s home. Jan, Linda, Kay, Sandie, Ann, Pat and Karen attended. Pat served a green salad and sauteed shrimp, asparagus and mushrooms over Lindberg’s Wild Blend rice. Pat loves Seeds of Change Quinoa and Brown Rice, but it contains garlic, so she didn’t…

Meeting at Karen’s. Kay, Jan, Anne, Sandie, Linda and Karen attended. Greens with fried goat cheese, beets, orange slices. Dinner chilli/chicken soup. Dessert…Jan provided sundaes. Astoria – Kay – historical fiction about Astor sending traders out to establish settlements. Astoria first settlement on the west coast. The Big Burn by Egan (Shadow Catcher) – Linda.…

The January meeting of Wine and Words was held at Jan’s. Jan, Karen, Cindy, Kay, Sandie, Linda, and Ann were present. We enjoyed a wonderful green salad with blueberries, pears and lemon-flavored olive oil from Drizzle. Richard made us a delicious chicken and vegetable soup. Cindy provided cup cakes. During dinner, Jan mentioned they make…

I was a fun evening at the Chinook restaurant in the Four Points Sheridan tonight! We missed you, Kay! I sent everyone a photo taken by a very sweet woman who passed by our table and offered to take our picture. I didn’t take any notes, so here is a brief summary of our evening discussion:…

The October meeting of Wine and Words Book Club was held at Cindy’s home. Ann, Jan, Karen, Cindy, Linda and Sandie attended the meeting. Cindy served lentil soup (made by Lou) and Greek Salad. Sandie made Ooey, Goey, Pumpkin Bars for dessert. Everyone enjoyed seeing Cindy and Lou’s new home. The book for October was The…

The September meeting of Wine and Words Book Club was held at Sandie’s home. Sandie, Linda, Kay, Pan and Karen were present. Sandie provided a Costco meal…Caesar’s Salad, Creamy Tomato Soup, French Bread, Flagship Cheese and gluten-free, rice. flax and sesame crackers. Linda provided Dump Cake for dessert. Dump Cake recipe: 1 pkg yellow cake…

The May meeting of Wine and Words Book Club was held at Linda’s. All were present, except for Pat, who is traveling in France. Linda served a green salad, dressed with oil and vinegar from Drizzle in Fairhaven, topped with Mark’s barbecued chicken marinated with Margaritaville Pineapple Chili-Lime Marinade. Kay served a rhubarb cake with…