I am one of the younger members of a book club about to celebrate its 20th anniversary. It has been a joy not only listening to multiple takes on a wide range of literature, but also getting to know every one of the ladies.
Unfortunately, the rate of attrition has been steadily increasing, but the group that remains is as lively as ever.
Necessary Groundwork
to Weather Prairie Driven Blizzards
Autumn and a stand of oaks,
summer's grande dames fading.
The visible hint a new henna rinse
in their foliage.
These trees sense the need
to conserve crucial sap, tolerate
weakened branches, and ignore
the growing hollows in their core
like time undermining
the matriarchs of my book club.
Marilyn Aschoff Mellor
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