Meeting Summaries

Going for Water

At our Section Meeting on December 3, 2022 Jennifer Greene from the Natural Science Section spoke to us about water and her lifetime experience as a scientist who researches the physical and spiritual mysteries of water. Jennifer spoke about poetry -- how poetry...

Our First In-Person New Moon Salon! / Well . . . Since the Start of the Covid Crisis

  "The long night had just begun. The old hero struck his shield, and it resounded far and wide through the desolate streets of the city. He made the sign three times.” — Novalis, from Klingsohr’s Fairytale   It was three years ago, at about this time in...

Shakespeare / A View from the Stage & Glimpse from the Gallery

Fred Dennehy and I brought Shakespeare back into our Section conversations at the meeting on October 29, 2022,. Fred surveyed the authorship question and then moved to the play Hamlet. Fred has acted in several plays by Shakespeare, and he enlivened the evening with a...

“The Genius of the English Language” / Presentation by Clifford Venho

"The Youthful Poet's Dream" by William Blake   Clifford Venho joined our Section meeting on October 22, 2022 to give a presentation on "The Genius of the English Language," with reference to the poem Beowulf and to the poets Chaucer and Shakespeare. In addition...