Letter from Pulpwood Queen Joyce Vann!

Dear Readers,
In a previous post I broke the news that Pulpwood Queen Joyce Vann and her husband, Don, lost their home and entire contents to a devastating fire, (see photo of Joyce on left, Pulpwood Queen Wendy Looney on right at a book club meeting).  We are now planning a BIG fundraiser for Joyce so stay tuned but in the meantime, read her message below.  May God Bless You and Yours and think today how different your life would be if you lost everything you owned while on vacation.  Makes you think and count your blessings.  Now read her message below.
Tiara wearing and Book sharing,
Kathy L. Patrick
Founder of the Pulpwood Queens
www.pulpwoodqueen.com
www.beautyandthebook.com


How very interesting to awake this morning to find
this email in my inbox, from someone who didn't yet
know of our yesterday.

Great words.  Our mantra on our drive back yesterday
was often "what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger,"
as my mother often said.

Don and I are blessed to have some excellent good
people in our support group, and doubly blessed to
have two sons who will jump out of bed at 0330 in the
morning and hit the road to handle things until we
arrive.

We will have our cellphones.  We would truly
appreciate all prayers.  We will also remember great
strong things are forged through fire (he's the steel.
. .I'm the diamond).  Our spirits are resilient, and
our hearts, while slightly bruised, are nonetheless
strong and we determined to do what is right;  we will
know what that is when we are shown the way in God's
own time.

Love to all,

jv




If God brings you to it he'll bring you through it............
Read this...I mean REALLY read this


This is without a doubt one of the nicest good luck forwards I have received. Hope it works for you -- and me!
You have 6 minutes

There's
some mighty fine advice in these words, even if you're not
superstitious. This has been sent To you for good luck from the Anthony
Robbins organization. It has been sent around the world ten times so
Far.

Do not keep this message.

This must leave your
hands in 6 MINUTES. Otherwise you will get a very unpleasant surprise.
This is true, even if you are not superstitious, agnostic, or otherwise
faith impaired. 

ONE. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully. 

TWO Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other. 

THREE. Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want. 

FOUR . When you say, 'I love you ,' mean it. 

FIVE. When you say, 'I'm sorry, ' look the person in the eye. 

SIX Be engaged at least six months before you get married. 

SEVEN. Believe in love at first sight. 

EIGHT. Never laugh at anyone's dream. People who don't have dreams don't have much. 

NINE . Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it's the only way to live life completely. 

TEN. . In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling. 

ELEVEN . Don't judge people by their relatives. 

TWELVE. Talk slowly but think quickly. 

THIRTEEN . When someone asks you a qu estion you don't want to answer, smile and ask, 'Why do you want to know?' 

FOURTEEN . Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk. 

FIFTEEN. Say 'bless you' when you hear someone sneeze. 

SIXTEEN. When you lose, don't lose the lesson ! 

SEVENTEEN. Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; and responsibility for all your actions. 

EIGHTEEN.Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.

NINETEEN. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.

TWENTY. Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice. 

TWENTY-ONE.Spend some time alone.

Now, here's the FUN part!
Send this to at least 5 people and your life will improve. 1-4 people: Your life will improve slightly.
5-9 people: Your life will improve to your liking.
9-14 people: You will have at least 5 surprises in the next 3 weeks

15 and above: Your life will improve drastically and everything you ever dreamed of will begin to take shape.

A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart. Do not keep this message 

NEW BOOK Video from Author, Meg Waite Clayton and more!

Dear Readers,

Just in from author, Meg Waite Clayton, our book of the month selection, "The Wednesday Sisters" NEW book trailer at www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEZr75DeAD4.

Watch The Wednesday Sisters Trailer

Watch SISTERHOOD
IN THE ‘60’s - An interview with Meg Waite Clayton

This trailer will surely get you excited about summer reading so pour yourself a long, cool glass of minted ice tea, find a porch swing and let "The Wednesday Sisters" take you back on reading sentimental journey that all begins in the late 1960's.

Also here are the book club discussion questions for "The Wednesday Sisters":

Reader's Guide

1. The Wednesday Sisters’ friendships are complex, constantly evolving, and occasionally downright messy. Yet even as their bonds are tested, the group endures and grows stronger. Does this circle of friends ring true to you? Are Frankie, Linda, Kath, Brett, and Ally’s relationships with one another similar to your own friendships?

2.Why do you think Frankie finds it so difficult to tell Danny that she’s writing a book when she has no trouble at all confiding this fact to her husband’s boss? What other secrets in the novel are kept and revealed in surprising ways?

3.Why does Kath go so far in trying to win Lee back? Did this surprise you? Would you, like Kath’s friends, be reluctant to counsel her to leave her husband?

4.What did you first make of Brett’s white gloves? What do you think they symbolize, if anything?

5.Linda’s breast cancer and Ally’s fertility issues cause them each to doubt their femininity, and leave their friends at a loss as to how to help them. Have you or a friend ever been through a similar crisis?What has helped you hold onto your sense of self through tough times? How have your friendships affected this experience?

6.The old abandoned mansion–“a Miss Havisham house,” as Frankie’s husband, Danny, calls it, after the moldering mansion in Dickens’ Great Expectations–is a haunting presence throughout most of the novel. What does this house seem to symbolize? Does it mean something different to each of the Sisters? What do you think is the significance of its destruction?

7.Published books are mentioned throughout the novel — from The Great Gatsby to The Bell Jar to To Kill a Mockingbird. What role do these titles play in The Wednesday Sisters? Why do you think each of the Sisters chose the “model book” she did? What book might you choose yourself?

8.In The Wednesday Sisters, a writing group helps its members grow in self-awareness and self-confidence. Have you been a part of a group — perhaps even a reading or writing group — that has had a similar effect?

9.In one memorable scene, the Wednesday Sisters gather in a funeral parlor and imagine what they can accomplish in their lives that will not perish with their deaths. Did this make you think about writing in a new light? What about motherhood?

10.The women’s movement provides an evolving backdrop to lives of the women in The Wednesday Sisters. How did you relate the experiences of the Wednesday Sisters to events in your own life or in the lives of women you know who experienced it?

11.The Wednesday Sisters make a ritual of watching the Miss America pageant every year. How do their reactions to the pageant change over time, and why? How does the pageant itself change?

12.If the Miss America pageant is one recurring motif in the novel, the space program is another. What similarities and differences do you see in the way the author uses these two iconic slices of Americana?

13.Brett’s novel, The Mrs. Americas, posits a future in which a spaceship crewed by women and carrying a cargo of frozen sperm takes off on a mission to propagate the human race beyond the confines of our solar system. Why do you think Clayton chose to have Brett write this particular novel?

14.In addition to exploring the empowerment of women and the prevalence of sexism, The Wednesday Sisters addresses other social issues. In what ways race and class raised in the novel?

15.Why do you think Clayton chose to set the book in the era and the place that she does? How might the story be different if it were set in the present day? In a major city or a small town, rather than middleclass suburban Palo Alto?

16. Why do you think the author chose to set the climax of her novel on the set of The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson? How does this scene compare to the Miss America pageants described throughout the novel?

17. In the accompanying interview, author Meg Waite Clayton says, “If an author makes me weep, I am theirs–though why so many of us like books that make us cry puzzles me to no end.” Do you share this sentiment? Why do you think readers respond to novels that make us cry?

And for more on Meg Waite Clayton and her book, "The Wednesday Sisters", go to www.megwaiteclayton.com

Tiara wearing and Book sharing,
Kathy L. Patrick
Founder of the Pulpwood Queens Book Club
Beauty and the Book
608 North Polk Street
Jefferson, Texas 75657
903-665-7520
kathy@beautyandthebook.com
www.pulpwoodqueen.com
www.beautyandthebook.com

Eons Interview: Kathy L. Patrick

Eons Interview: Kathy L Patrick

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Happy Tales, End of the Book Tour Trail for the Pulpwood Queen continues!

Dear Readers,
Jean and I woke bright and early and rushed to be ready when bookstore owner, Elisabeth Grant-Gibson came by to pick us up for the early morning television show, Good Morning TV8. We were introduced to Heather, the host, placed on the set and go, shooting!
Do notice that my eyes are starting to have trouble in opening, Day 30 something of book tour! Onward book soldiers!
To be continued