November, 2013 - Kenn Village

The Fault in Our Stars

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9780525478812_custom-7eb6cc16a8a3f2266865895e1718ac9e9d6232e0-s2-c85 We met at The Drum on the 4th November 2013. Rebecca Hayden joined the group for one month. She had tasked us with reading her favourite teenage fiction novel, ‘The fault in our stars’ by John Green. Rebecca also joined us for the discussion in The Drum. We reflected on teenage fiction from our own era. ‘Little House on the Prairie’ were books that came to mind. The story of a harsh, bleak pioneering life style. However for the teenage reader the reality was couched in American pie and good family values.

There were no sweeteners or protection from reality in Green’s novel. He tells us about teenage cancer through the thoughts and feelings of two sufferers. Rebecca generated reflective debate about the novel and the author.
Our next meeting will be on Wednesday 4th December 2013 at The Drum. We are going to discuss a book of short stories ‘Dear Life’ by Alice Munro. This is our Christmas book group outing. We are going to meet up early (as soon as we have washed up from the tea party!) have supper, discuss the book and stay for the quiz.

November 2013

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Terry Merrett-Smith came to the October meeting of the Kenn W.I. to tell us about the life and music of Irving Berlin.

We all enjoyed listening to snatches of the film and stage songs that are so well known to us all. Irving Berlin was unusual in that he wrote the words as well as the music to his songs which is why they are so memorable.

In November we welcome a return visit from Alan Mildren who is going to tell us about the Liberty ship James Eagen Layne. Last time he came to talk to us about Lundy Island and showed us some amazing and beautiful pictures of the undersea plant life that is growing off the Lundy coast in a protected site.

The members and their guests have been to a celebratory lunch at Gatcombe Farm to mark the 60th birthday of the W.I. in Kenn. Judging by the decibels that were rising from our tables we all had a wonderful time and ate a superb meal. Margaret Burdge made our cake and Edna Baber iced it for us. It was a tour de force.

We are looking forward to the Annual Flower Arranging evening on November 20th. This year the demonstrator will be Jackie Parkin. We hope to see lots of people there. Tickets are available at £5 to include coffee and home made biscuits.

CHRISTMAS FLOWER DEMONSTRATION

The Annual Christmas Flower Demonstration will take place in the Village Hall on Wednesday November 20th at 7.30 p.m.

The demonstrator this year will be Jackie Parkin.

All the arrangements will be entered into the raffle so you might get to be lucky enough to take one of them home with you.

The tickets which have been beautifully printed by Hazel are now available from any member. They are becoming collectors‟ items, so make sure that you get one!