Meeting Summaries

The Castle Siebeneichen / Where Novalis Wrote “Hymns to the Night,” “Heinrich von Ofterdingen,” & Other Works

  Easter, 2024 Dear Friends, On May 2, 2021, Section friends and members celebrated the 249th anniversary of the birth of Friedrich von Hardenberg, the poet Novalis, by taking a virtual tour of the Castle Siebeneichen.      A Journey to Dresden The...

“The Origin of Fairytales” by Almut Bockemühl

Artwork: "The Three Feathers" by Marion Donehower     “The Fairytale is Mightier Than Philosophy"?   "Once upon a time there was a king who had three sons, two of whom were clever and intelligent, but the third one did not talk very much. He was slow...

Poetry Night / March 16, 2024

"Still Warm but Rain" / Artwork by Diane Lockett   March 22, 2024 Dear Friends, Several times each year, the Section has a Poetry Night in which friends and members of the Section read original poetry and in which poetry lovers in the Section read favorite poems,...

Poetry Night / February 10, 2024

"Tools of the Trade" / Photograph taken in Robinson Jeffers "Hawk Tower" / Big Sur / Northern California, North America / Photo: Bruce Donehower   March 10, 2024 Dear Friends, Several times each year, the Section has a Poetry Night in which friends and members of...