I'm not sure if someone here has already recommended Cutting For Stone but
I really enjoyed it. Some of the medical procedure descriptions made me
squeemish, but it is a wonderful story set in Ethiopia and America. I
also just finished the first two books by Steig Larrson, the Girl With the
Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Played With Fire - they are 500+ pages but
you will not be able to put them down. The English translation of the 3rd
one in the trilogy is coming very soon.

Was able to spend some great time recently with Mary Ann and Jeff when
they came north to visit their daughters - even got to go geocacheing!

Start thinking about a 2010 reunion in San Francisco!

Submitted by Anne

Hello,

My thoughts are with all of you who live and work in the San Gabriel
Valley (and beyond). It has to be heart-breaking and frightening to
witness such an inferno raging through the mountains, destroying the
Angeles Crest forest, threatening homes and Mt. Wilson, and poisoning the
air. So much has been lost, the damage incalculable.

I hope that you and yours are all safe and that take care of yourselves by
staying indoors as much as you can.

Love,

Submitted by Elaine
ezorbas@att.net

I agree we should cancel. Let's just put it on hold this year and try
next summer. Anne offered her home and it might be easier to get to for
many...

Submitted by Mary Ann Laun