I was the greeter at the First United Methodist Church this Sunday. Standing outside the church's front doors, I met all who came that blustery, bright sunshiney day with a big hug! I had almost forgotten that Glen Evans of the Longview News Journal had written a story about my teaching a lifewriting class at Newgate Mission in Longview, Texas until several of my fellow church members reminded me. "Great feature in the paper, Kathy!"
Here it is below and seriously, this article cannot even begin to cover everything that is happening at this wonderful homeless mission. My experience last week will be something I will never forget and if I can ask one favor of you this holiday season, let it be to volunteer at a homeless mission. I thought I was giving a gift to others but let me tell you, the gifts I receive from going every month to this mission are better than anything anyone could ever buy for me. This is my gift to you this holiday season and you will thank me, I assure you So read on....
Jefferson writer promotes literacy at Newgate - (12.21.2008) Jefferson writer promotes literacy at Newgate , GLENN EVANS, people, homeless people, books, literacy, men, students, book clubs ... promotes literacy at Newgate By GLENN EVANS Sunday, December 21, 2008 Some members of Newgate Mission are bringing more than ... the teacher welcomed five students finding seats in the mission's small computer lab, adjacent to the dining/worship area. "My ... and maybe bring some income to the mission. Such a book also will let the Newgate writers know the stories of their lives are ...
For more on Newgate Mission check out this site:
What's Happening ... you check it out for an inside look at what's going on at Newgate Mission. ... Newgate Mission has been serving the homeless population in Longview, Texas and ...www.newgatemission.org/Newgate_Mission/Whats_Happening.html -
CachedI read this story today on a Google Alert and ATTENTION PULPWOOD QUEENS! Please tell them about your chapter!
Tell us all about your book club!Fort Worth Star-Telegram Sun, 21 Dec 2008 8:01 AM PSTWe’re looking for some great local book clubs to feature in upcoming stories. If you’d like yours to be considered, please send us the following information: Name of club (if you have one) Number of members How long you’ve been together and how often you meet Most memorable book club moment What you’re reading now and what you read last month Include a photo if you can. Send your information ...
Queen Kay Huck of our Southwest Louisiana Chapter is now blogging so check out her site below:
Southwest Louisiana Pulpwood Queens Book ClubThe Pulpwood Queens are so much more than just a book club that reads. Books have spurned us be proactive for a higher purpose. We not only talk the talk, we walk the walk, whether the American Cancer Relay for Life or volunteering to help in cases of need. - Kathy Patrick, founder Pulpwood Queens Book Clubs
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Saturday, December 20, 2008
Christmas Story from Paul CoelhoBook Queens, I received this Email from Paul Coelho wishing his readers a Merry Christmas and as his gift a short tale about the meaning of Christmas. Hope you all have a very Merry Christmas! Love, Queen Kay
Dear Reader, My wish is for you and your loved ones to have a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year.
As a way to thank you for your continued support throughout 2008, I have enclosed a copy of the
Christmas Story that appeared in worldwide journals and columns that I have written. Best wishes to you and your family. Paulo Coelho
The music coming from the house Paulo Coelho On Christmas Eve, the king invited the prime minister to join him for their usual walk together. He enjoyed seeing the decorations in the streets, but since he didn't want his subjects to spend too much money on these just to please him, the two men always disguised themselves as traders from some far distant land. They walked through the centre of the city, admiring the lights, the Christmas trees, the candles burning on the steps of the houses, the stalls selling gifts, and the men, women and children hurrying off to celebrate a family Christmas around a table laden with food. On the way back, they passed through a poorer area, where the atmosphere was quite different. There were no lights, no candles, no delicious smells of food about to be served. There was hardly a soul in the street, and, as he did every year, the king remarked to the prime minister that he really must pay more attention to the poor in his kingdom. The prime minister nodded, knowing that the matter would soon be forgotten again, buried beneath the day-to-day bureaucracy of budgets to be approved and discussions with foreign dignitaries. Suddenly, they heard music coming from one of the poorest houses. The hut was so ramshackle and the rotten wooden timbers so full of cracks, that they were able to peer through and see what was happening inside. And what they saw was utterly absurd: an old man in a wheelchair apparently crying, a shaven-headed young woman dancing, and a young man with sad eyes shaking a tambourine and singing a folk song. 'I'm going to find out what they're up to,' said the king. He knocked. The music stopped, and the young man came to the door. 'We are merchants in search of a place to sleep. We heard the music, saw that you were still awake, and wondered if we could spend the night here.' 'You can find shelter in a hotel in the city. We, alas, cannot help you. Despite the music, this house is full of sadness and suffering.' 'And may we know why?' 'It's all because of me.' It was the old man in the wheelchair who spoke. 'I've spent my life teaching my son calligraphy, so that he could one day get a job as a palace scribe. But the years have passed and no post has ever come up. And then, last night, I had a stupid dream: an angel appeared to me and asked me to buy a silver goblet because, the angel said, the king would be coming to visit me. He would drink from the goblet and give my son a job. 'The angel was so persuasive that I decided to do as he said. Since we have no money, my daughter-in-law went to the market this morning to sell her hair so that we could buy that goblet over there. The two of them are doing their best to get me in the Christmas spirit by singing and dancing, but it's no use.' The king saw the silver goblet, asked to be given a little water to quench his thirst and, before leaving, said to the family: 'Do you know, we were talking to the prime minister only today, and he told us that an opening for a palace scribe would be announced next week.'The old man nodded, not really believing what he was hearing, and bade farewell to the strangers. The following morning, however, a royal proclamation was read out in all the city streets; a new scribe was needed at court. On the appointed day, the audience room at the palace was packed with people eager to compete for that much-sought-after post. The prime minister entered and asked everyone there to prepare their paper and pens:'Here is the subject of the composition: Why is an old man weeping, a shaven-headed woman dancing, and a sad young man singing?' A murmur of disbelief went round the room. No one knew how to tell such a story, apart, that is, from the shabbily dressed young man sitting in one corner, who smiled broadly and began to write. Based on an Indian story. Translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa
And from Queen Kay Huck, my newly adopted theme song!
http://blogs.northlandchurch.net/2008/08/11/the-mom-song/Here is a feature that was taped when I was the moderator at Book Group Expo a couple of years ago. I put this up on our site as to remind you of the wonderful panels of authors I put together for Girlfriend Weekend, January 15 - 17, 2009! I hope you will see that hearing the authors speak in person adds so much to the big picture on reading good books! Check it out below!
Kathy Patrick
Bio
Kathy Patrick is the owner of the first hair salon/bookstore in the country—Beauty and the Book—and the founder of The Pulpwood Queens, the largest book club in America. She has been featured on Good Morning America and The Oprah Winfrey Show. Kathy's first book, The Pulpwood Queen's Tiara Wearing, Book Sharing Guide to Life, will be published next year by Warner Books.
Featured Videos
BGE: Storytellers of the SouthBook Group Expo 2006 presents Storytellers of the South: Small Towns With Powerful, Far-Reaching Stories with moderator Kathy Patrick and panelists Loraine Despres, Ronlyn Domingue, River Jordan, and Michael Morris.
And a message in from Queen Mary Grove of her Anchorage, Alaska chapter. I am telling you between Anchorage and South Louisiana, I am overwhelmed by the enthusiasm of these two book club chapters.
Hello fellow Queens and Season's Greetings to you all. BIG thanks to Queen Pam for not only hosting in her home but also preparing the whole meal for us. The chicken pot pie and cranberry crisp were delicious! It was a perfect menu for the weather Thursday night! Add to that the festive touches of a beautifully decorated home and mulled wine and it was the perfect place for our Holiday Meeting. Thanks to Mother Queen Kathy Patrick for picking a skinny book for December, it was quick to read but still provided plenty of subject material for another lively discussion. As usual we all had alot to say about the book and being English myself I could picture the fracas the Queen may have caused by wanting a hobby, talk about going against a thousand years of tradition! Following the discussion we had a wonderful gift exchange. The idea that the gift had to match the first letter of the perosn's name was really fun and the queens got very imaginative. We have decided to also follow this for 2009 birthdays. As I do not have a list of who pulled whom for birthdays, I will send out a generic reminder every month and hope no birthday gets missed. Readers for December are Queens Joy and Lisa for December 13 and Queens Pam and Cindy for Dec 20. Thank you ladies for your time, I know our efforts are appreciated. We need readers for January 10 and 17, let me know what you can do, thanks Our January 8th meeting will be hosted by Queen Donna, February 12th by Queen Linda and March 12th by Queen Arlene. As discussed before you can host in your home or a restaurant (we go Dutch) of your choice. For the good of the group, Queen Linda's recent lumpectomy is fine and all clear, good news on that. Queen Celeste is going through aspirin desentiziation(?) this coming week, we hope all goes well for her. Queen Kirsten is travelling over the Holidays, safe travels to you. Queen Arlene is house hunting. Queen Cindy got us signed up as a team for Relay for Life and was immediately appointed Team Captain. Please go online and and get signed up so we can start getting donations. I am hoping to have the 2009 book list very soon from our Mother Queen. I will forward it as soon as I get it.Reminder, the book we are currently reading is The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larson, we will be discussing it at our January meeting. We need to set up a vest sewing day, sometime in January would be good. Let me know If I have left anything out, please let me know. Wishing you all a joyous Holiday Season MaryQueen Mother
Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, professionals built the Titanic.
-- Unknown.
From: cpollard@gci.netTo: gmacmary@hotmail.comSubject: pq picturesDate: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:46:15 -0900
Mary here are pictures from the Xmas dinner meeting
Get Kodak prints of this picture, and all your other favorites, at
http://www.kodakgallery.com/kesmail!
Christmas Blessings to you and yours! Tomorrow, please come back to this site,
http://www.pulpwoodqueen.com/ as posting with photos, Jay and my Elvis Presley Christmas Party. I'm telling you, it was a hunka hunka burning Christmas love!
Tiara wearing and Book sharing,
Kathy L. Patrick
The Pulpwood Queen
http://www.beautyandthebook.com/http://www.pulpwoodqueen.com/ P.S. Photo is of "Everybody was Kung Fu" Fighting" Karate Elvis, Bob Sanders and his wife, Kimmy as a teaser for tomorrow's Elvis Presley Christmas Party recap! Everybody was a hounddog my friends!
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