Attached is the updated schedule that show us finishing both our Short Story and our Science/Nature collections. 

Please think about what we should read next.  The Great American series books have worked well.  We could continue with them.  We could return to our Great Books roots.  See http://store.greatbooks.org/colleges-book-groups.html

 

Tues, Feb 16 @ 7:30 PM: Ill Wind by David Kirby

Join us to discuss Ill Wind by David Kirby on Tuesday, Feb 16 at 7:30 PM at HighPointe.


Ill Wind is on page 206 of The Best American Science and Nature Writing - 2012. 
Click on this link for a PDF of the article.
http://www.astralgia.com/editing/clips/chinapollution2011.pdf

Tues, Jan 19 @ 7:30 PM: To the Measures Fall by Richard Powers

Please join us to discuss To the Measures Fall by Richard Powers.  Find it on page 262 of Best American Short Stories – 2011

On Line: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/10/18/to-the-measures-fall

				To the Measures Fall - The New Yorker Short story about an American woman’s lifelong re-readings of an obscure English novel she discovered in the Costwolds while on a junior year abroad.
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HighPointe has been providing us with coffee and fresh baked cookies.

Jan 5 @ 7:30 PM: Crush Point by John Seabrook

Join us for coffee, cookies and a discussion of Crush Point by John Seabrook.  Find it on page 189 of Best American Science & Nature Writing – 2012 edited by Dan Ariely.

On-line, find it at www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/02/07/crush-point

Our host facility, HighPointe Assisted Living has been graciously providing us with freshly baked cookies and coffee in their private dining room!

Dec 22 @ 7:30 PM - ID by Joyce Carol Oates

Folks,

Join us for coffee, cookies and a discussion of ID by Joyce Carol Oates.  Find it on page 244 of Best American Short Stories – 2011 edited by Geraldine Brooks.

On-Line, read it at http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/03/29/i-d

Coffee and cookies have been provided by our hosting facility, HighPointe Assisted Living. 

Dec 8, 2015 @ 7:30 PM: "The Brain on Trial" by David Eagleman

Join us for coffee, cookies and a discussion of The Brain on Trial by David Eagleman.  Find it on page 167 of Best American Science & Nature Writing – 2012 edited by Dan Ariely.

Read it on-line at http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/07/the-brain-on-trial/308520/

Compare this article with

Maimonides (~1168) A treatise on the Soul

[4.3a]   Should one’s soul be ill … If the body loses its harmony, and moves to one extreme or another, then one moves to reverse the process by moving to the other extreme until the body recovers its harmony …

[4.3b]   the miser must be taught to be a spendthrift

 

Our host facility, HighPointe has been quite generous providing us with coffee, cookies (usually freshly baked) and letting us use their private dining room.

Tues, Nov 24 @ 7:30 PM - Dog Bites by Ricardo Nuila

Join us for coffee, cookies and a discussion of  Dog Bites by Ricardo Nuila.  Find it on page 210 of The Best American Short Stories - 2011.