Note from Ellen:

If your group is located within 30 miles of Duluth, Minnesota, I'd be glad to join you in person for your meeting.  Other groups feel free to inquire -- I travel a lot, and will do my best to make a visit work out.

With "Book Therapy," Saginaw, Minnesota, August 2008.

A suggested treat for your meeting (Dolly's recipe):

LACY RAISIN WAFERS

  ¾ cup sifted all-purpose flour

  ½ teasp. baking soda

  ½ teasp. salt

  ¼ teasp. nutmeg

  ¾ cup light or dark raisins

  ½ cup salad oil

  ¼ cup water

  1 cup brown sugar, packed

  1 teasp. vanilla extract

  1 ½ cups uncooked rolled oats

  ½ cup chopped nuts

Sift flour, soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg.  Rinse and drain raisins; mix with salad oil, water; mix in sugar,    vanilla, oats, nuts, then flour mixture.  Refrigerate 1 hr.  Start heating oven to 350 degrees F.  Drop dough by teaspoonfuls, about 2” apart, onto greased cookie sheet.  Bake 10 to 12 min., or till crisp around edges.   Makes 3 ½ doz.

  From the Good Housekeeping Cook Book, 1949

Top of the Thumb book club, Ellison Bay, Wisconsin, September 2009 --

getting into the theme! 

With Books & More, Chanhassen, Minnesota, May 2010.  (Read all about this meeting.)

With The Next Chapter, Oakdale, Minnesota, May 2010.