Author Archives: Broadened Horizons

Mama Bear’s

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Saturday at Mama Bears was fun and cozy! I’m so excited this location was suggested and can’t wait to go back! I would definitely recommend it to any of you! Such a nice place with a comfy atmosphere and great food and drinks.


This was our smallest crowd yet with just three of us being able to attend. And it was our first meeting since getting my TableTopics so it was neat to be able to pick a question and talk about it. We also had the discussion questions I sent out previously, so we were not short of things to discuss.


Whether you were able to attend or not, please feel free to leave a comment with your thoughts about the book!
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This next book (Animal Vegetable Miracle –but be sure not to get Animal Vegetable MINERAL… this isn’t the book we’re reading 🙂 ) I can’t even describe how excited I am to re-read this book! I hope you all have a chance to read it even if you aren’t able to attend our next discussion. (on April 18th)

this Saturday

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I know most of you said you won’t be able to make it this weekend to discuss Robinson Crusoe so we’ll be few in numbers. But we have settled on a place to meet!

It’s called Mama Bears, click HERE for directions.

We’ll meet at 10am.

Next book: Animal Vegetable Miracle.It’s one of my favorites! I know you’ll enjoy it!

Book Sale future dates

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Just so we all have the dates in one places… here are the 2009 schedule for the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library book sales.

We had so much fun when we went last time, maybe we can find another date to go again!

March 14-21
Saturday March 14… 10-5
Sunday March 15… 12-4
Friday March 20… 12-7:30… 1/2 Price Day
Saturday March 21… 10-4… $5 Bag Day

May 16-17
Saturday May 16… 10-5
Sunday May 17… 12-4

July 11-18
Saturday July 11… 10-5
Sunday July 12… 12-4
Friday July 17… 12-7:30… 1/2 Price Day
Saturday July 18… 10-4… $5 Bag Day

September 12-13
Saturday September 12… 10-5
Sunday September 13… 12-4

November 14-21
Saturday November 14… 10-5
Sunday November 15… 12-4
Friday November 20… 12-7:30… 1/2 Price Day
Saturday November 21… 10-4… $5 Bag Day

upcoming books

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February: Robinson Crusoe on Feb. 21st, 10:oo am at Higher Grounds

March: social get-together! (since April’s book we are taking two months to read) We’ll make magnetic bookmarks have tea and cake and maybe some other fun things too! Date TBD. Let me know if you have any suggestions.

April: Animal Vegetable Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver, on April 18th, 10:00 am at the park

May: The Shack by William P. Young, on May 16th, 10:00 am at the park

June: Suzanna Wesley by Arnold A. Dallimore (and a brunch picnic for the whole family!) on June 20th at 10:00 am, location TBD

July: My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok, 10:00 am at the park, date TBD

August: The Code of the Wooster by PJ Woodhouse, 10:00 am at the park, date TBD

Field trip results

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I would say the day was a huge success!!! I for one, had a great time shopping and definitely plan on going back again! I have some dates of more sales, 1/2 price days and $5 bag days. Maybe if we have more ppl interested we can make another trip!

The tea cafe was also fantastic! By the time dinner rolled around I wanted to go back for more!!! It has such a fun atmosphere you just have to try it out for yourself!

I can’t remember what kind of tea everyone tried but they were all delicious!

And since I’m sure you won’t be able to sleep with out seeing what I ordered (j/k)… here it is!…


I lugged my heavy camera around the whole time and was disappointed when I realized I forgot to get a group picture of us, or any pictures at the book sale… next time!

Field trip!

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I sent out the invite this weekend, so you should have received it by now. From just talking to some of you, it sounds like we will have a good sized group!

Let me know if you have any questions!

Have a great week!!!
Sarah

February’s meeting

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Sorry I didn’t finalized the next meeting date to discuss Robinson Crusoe earlier, I was trying to work out all the date and location issues… as it turns out, it will be simpler than I thought!…

February 21st, 10:00am at Higher Grounds Coffee House.
(directions: here)

Because I’m predicting February will still be too cold to meet outside at the park, I thought it would be nice to support a locally owned Christian company. Also, since this meeting will be at a food/drink establishment we’ll get the morning off from cooking 🙂 and not bring our brunch items this time.

Another note on Robinson Crusoe:
If you haven’t had a chance to start the book or get a copy it’s not to late! It’s is free to read online and listen to at audiobooks.org.
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And now… I’m going to reveal the next book! I know several of you try to find copies through different book trading websites so this way you can get a chance to put the book on your list ahead of time.

Drum roll please…..

I read this book in 2007 and really loved it! In somewhat of a journal style, Barbara along with some entries from her husband and daughter, tell about their experience eating only food they raised or grew themselves or bought locally. It’s all about food and very entertaining to read! It’s interesting to see how they handle times when there’s not much to harvest except A LOT of asparagus or when they want to have a HUGE birthday party and need to feed many guests or when Barbara and her husband travel to Europe and continue their goal of eating locally. I don’t know if I’ve done the book justice but, she’s an excellent best-selling author and the book is easy to read and follow and may even challenge your eating habits or encourage you to grow your own garden!

The meeting to discuss this book will be April 18th at 10:00am and hopefully back at the park!
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Soon I’ll be sending out the next few books after this one. I’ve gotten a few suggestions and have most of the books for the rest of the year lined up! Several the ones coming up will be one month books too!

~Sarah

book sale

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A few people have shown interest in going downtown to the book sale on Saturday the 24th. When I get the final numbers of everyone who’d like to go, we can figure out where to meet and carpool.

How does this sound?… meet at 10:00 then go out to lunch after we are done?!!

Let me know your thoughts,
Sarah