Mark your calendars for our annual reunion! It looks like the only date
where most of us can make it is October 17,18. I had originally voted no
since it is my Amy's birthday...but if we meet in Morro Bay, then she is
right next door at Cal Poly. Otherwise I can go up to see her the
following weekend.

Does that work best for everyone? I know Kathy has a conflict but other
than that, everyone else can make it.

Are we on? Sally, if you cannot do it or your plans change, we can change
the location...

Submitted by Mary Ann

Just got back from a week's vacation. Morro Bay sounds like a winning
location for a reunion. We are busy with Farmer's Market and our harvest
during September and part of October. I'll fill out Doodle but won't know
for sure until later in the season.
I'm reading a fantastic, exotic book that takes place in islands off of
Calcutta -- the Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh. It brings the reader into a
totally unknown and fascinating world of an environment governed by tides,
mangroves, tigers, crabs and an unknown true incident that affected the
lives of thousands of illegal settlers.

Submitted by Elaine
ezorbas@att.net

I just went in and edited the poll so that it is Sat and Sun...not Sun and
Monday. Sorry I did not check that...The calendar started on Monday
instead of Sunday!

Submitted by Mary Ann

Just did the Doodle poll. Also just finished a terrific book- The Help by
Kathrynn Stockett. It's about two black and one white woman in Jackson
Mississippi in the early 60s and the project that brings them together and
puts them in danger. A real page-turner

Submitted by Kathy
dkgfinance@yahoo.com

Let's use Doodle to help us decide on a good weekend for reunion at
Sally's in Morro Bay. Just indicate which weekends (from July to
November) you are available. (Always subject to change, I know...)

Use the calendar --> to select the next month.
Skip the time calendar and select FINISH.

To go to the survey, click here or cut and paste it into your browser.
http://doodle.com/y3dx2pcuuqg7ei9k

Submitted by Mary Ann
maryannlaun@yahoo.com

Hi Amy,

Morro Bay is almost exactly halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles.
It is where Hwy 1 - the Big Sur coastline - ends and merges into Hwy 101
at San Luis Obispo. We're just on the other side of the dunes from the
ocean.

Submitted by Sally Young

I would love to see you all in Morro Bay, but will have to wait and see
the schedule. My daughter Caryn is getting married on Nov. 14 and while
she's really organized (you should see the accordion file), I'm not sure
yet what the fall will bring. Am reading a book you've all probably read
already: How to Make an American Quilt by Whitney Otto. Picked it up in
our Friends' bookstore for a plane trip.

Submitted by Carolyn
clg708@sbcglobal.net

Morro Bay sounds great but Halloween weekend is also CLA conference in
Pasadena, which rules me out since I am on the program and have a
Committee meeting...if it works for everyone else I'll think of you and
hope to join you next year.

On reading. I just finished Dewey the Library Cat which I thought I would
not like as I'm not much of a fan of gooey animal stories...and ended up
really enjoying it for its description of the role the library plays in a
hardscrabble town. Plus with all that is going on in the world and at
work i am definitely leaning towards the light/ brain candy end of the
spectrum

Submitted by Kathy
dkgould@roadrunner.com

Ok...we have a date suggestion and a location...Fall in Morro Bay sounds
lovely...and how about Halloween weekend?
p.s. Anne and I are both reading The Story of Edgar Sawtelle....

Submitted by Mary Ann

I guess I need a map - not for Italy but for the drive to Morro Bay!
Sometimes I think southern Oregon is in the middle of nowhere. Someone
pick a date!
Amy K.
(who is still going to the gym and hasn't lost an ounce)

Submitted by Amy Kinard

I'd be very interested as long as it is after October 9th. Maybe the last
week[end] of October?

Submitted by Laurie Whitcomb

Hi! Count me in--would love to see you all again! Any time in the fall.
Pasadena or Morro Bay.

I just got back this week from an Elderhostel trip to Florence & Tuscany!
It was great! Sally, you will love Italy! At the recommendation of a
friend, I read a historical novel called The Birth of Venus by Sarah
Dunant while there. It is set in Florence during the Renaissance & was
definitely made more interesting by the fact that I was seeing many of the
places mentioned in the story.

Submitted by Jan
janburns5@verizon.net

I am interested and depending on space in the car, can bring a folding
twin futon and a double air mattress.

Submitted by Dorothy
dfpotter45@hotmail.com

I would love to join a get-together, but we will be in Italy the month of
Sept. How about Oct. or Nov? My home in Morro Bay would also be a good
rendezvous point between N and S. We've got 2 guest rooms (twin beds;
queen) as well as an air mattress that is a double. Lots of great stuff
to do in the Central Coast and I'd love to host!

Submitted by Sally Young

Believe it or not my fall is already filling up...but if the date works
count me in!

Submitted by Kathy
dkgould@roadrunner.com

Shall we plan a get together for Fall 2009?

Hey PPL Pals...
Shall we plan a weekend togeher in September? My home is always open!
Mary Ann