Book Club New Year Party
January 12th, 2009 by Caroline
On Saturday the Simply Social book club held a New Year lunch party. Each member of the group was asked to bring along something to read that had inspired them for some reason. Ruth organised some delicious food from Meze who service wonderful Turkish food at their restaurant at 196 Mill Road.
Literary wise we had an eclectic mix. Ranging from poetry Pam Ayers to G M Hopkins, a reading from a book of Urban towns in Australia, a Buddhist poem and a poem about the joys of growing older and wiser - and more. I have included one of the poems as it was so timely:
THE NEW REGIME
Yes, I agree. We’ll pull ourselves together.
We eat too much. We’re always getting drunk
It’s not a bad idea to find out whether we like each other sober. Let’s resist.
I’ve got the Perrier and the carrot grater,
I’ll look on a scotch or a pudding as a crime.
We all have to be sensible sooner or later
But don’t let’s be sensible all the time.
No more thinking about a second bottle
And saying “what the hell” and giving in.
Tomorrow I’ll be jogging at full throttle
To make myself rich successful and thin.
A healthy life’s a great rejuvenator
But god, it’s going to be an uphill climb,
We all have to be sensible sooner or later
But don’t let’s be sensible all the time.
The conversation won’t be half as trivial
You’ll hold forth on the issues of the day
And, when our evenings aren’t quite so convivial
You’ll start remembering the things I say.
Oh, see if you can catch the eye of the waiter
And order me a double vodka and lime.
We all have to be sensible sooner or later
But I refuse to be sensible all the time.
The next Book Club lunch party will be in August. The Book club meets on the first Saturday of every month.