"Ellen, everyone in our book club was thrilled to have the opportunity to talk with you and learn about your work and how you wrote your book....  We all felt it was the best book club meeting we have had in our three year history.  You made our meeting so special and unique." 

-- Nancy Maschman, Merrimac, WI  

 

"Ellen, when you hung up this morning, one of my friends yelled out, 'That was the most fun thing ever!'"

-- Sara Floerke, Duluth, MN

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

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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

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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.