Several months ago I joined the book group held by ladies at my church. And tonight we met to discuss Cokie Robert’s Book, Founding Mothers.

It’s a relatively small group, but I’ve come to treasure these women. Reading about the women who shaped America’s separation from British rule was a wonderful thing to do in tandem with these women.

Our hostess for the evening served “tea.” Herbal tea, since we don’t drink black tea, but it was exquisitely done. I particularly liked the mint tea, a sugared instant tea made by Ricola. Alas, it is unavailable in the US (she’s purchased it in Germany). After the discussion we had apple pie. Now, book group refreshments are sacrosanct. I don’t care if I’m on a diet and have lost over 4 pounds in the last two weeks. I had my slice of apple heaven.

In separate news, I finally got around to making it possible for normal humans to make comments on my blog (the one at megstout.com). Moderation is on, but I hope any readers won’t mind too much. I submit that you don’t really want to read the spam that gets posted. At least, I assume that Baltimore Plumbing Service, rude boy lyrics rihanna, Free PSP Games, and Jewell Kitzmiller (an agent for Inernet [sic] Modeling) weren’t actually attempting to make coherent comments regarding my post of yesterday… Or perhaps their wit and sagacity were merely too erudite for me to adequately comprehend.

Compared to rude boys et al., the hours spent with my ladies, sipping imported German (herbal) tea, discussing great lives and history, were a delight.

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