Peg Ostrander
Ruthie
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19 records, oldest first2011
Jan 8
Feb 1
Hawkstone Readers, February, at Lorraine's. "Major Pettigrew's Last Stand" (Hel…
…en Simonson). Liked by all eight of us who came.
Next: March 1 at my house, "Cutting for Stone." 541 pages.
April 5 at Ruth's, "Olive Kitteridge."
2023
Sep 24
The book club has a new member as of this month, Margie Fitzsimmons. She sat do…
…wn in Lorraine's chair at Ruth's, looked round, and said, "I think I've taken somebody's place." Helen said yes, and that she was welcome to it.
Eleven new windows at the cabin as of Friday, every one but the kitchen's. The old ones were 1958, single glass with a storm, and rattled in a west wind. These do not rattl…
Dec 5
Hawkstone Readers, 2023. Eight of us from April to September, nine before and a…
…fter.
Jan. 3 - "Demon Copperhead" - Marlene's
Feb. 7 - "Foster" - Connie's (Lorraine's last meeting)
March 7 - "Trust" - Ellie's
April 4 - "The Marriage Portrait" - Nan's
May 2 - "84, Charing Cross Road" - mine. Lorraine's favourite, ten days after she died.
June 6 - "Hello Beautiful" - Dee's
August 1 - "I Have Some…
2024
Feb 18
Gulf Shores, the second week, and a bad one. Gerard Lachance, in the unit besid…
…e ours, died on Wednesday night. We heard Ruthie through the wall, and then the ambulance, and R. went out into the corridor in his robe and stood with her until her son could be reached. On Tuesday Gerard had shown R. a photograph of a redfish.
The cards were not played on Thursday. Jeanette made a casserole instea…
Feb 19
Flowers for Ruthie Lachance
Dec 3
Hawkstone Readers, 2024. Nine of us.
Jan. 2 - "North Woods" - Margie's
Feb. 6 - "The Berry Pickers" - Connie's (I was in Alabama)
March 5 - "Absolution" - Marlene's
April 2 - "The Women" - Ruth's
May 7 - "James" - mine
June 4 - "Table for Two" - Dee's
August 6 - "Long Island" - Nan's
Sept. 3 - "The God of the Woods" - Ellie's
Oct. 1 - "Sandwich" - Helen'…
2025
Jan 8
Hawkstone Readers, the first half of 2025, as settled last night at Marlene's.
Feb. 4 - "Time of the Child" - Nan's. I shall be in Alabama.
March 4 - "The Frozen River" - Connie's
April 1 - "Three Days in June" - Ruth's
May 6 - "Stone Yard Devotional" - MINE
June 3 - "The Correspondent" - Dee's, in the garden
The fall to be chosen in June.
For May: the folding chairs back from church.
Feb 9
Gulf Shores. Everyone here is still talking about the snow: half a foot of it o…
…n the beach on January 21.
Ruthie Lachance came back, by herself, to the same unit. She played cards on Thursday, and when the deal came round to where Gerard used to sit, Norm dealt a hand to the empty chair without thinking, and then everyone looked at the cards lying there. Ruthie picked them up and played them.…
Dec 3
Hawkstone Readers, 2025, as actually read. Nine of us.
Jan. 7 - "Orbital" - Marlene's
Feb. 4 - "Time of the Child" - Nan's (I was in Alabama)
March 4 - "The Frozen River" - Connie's
April 1 - "Three Days in June" - Ruth's
May 6 - "Stone Yard Devotional" - mine
June 3 - "The Correspondent" - Dee's
August 5 - "Wild Dark Shore" - Ellie's
Sept. 2 - "So Far Gone" - Margie's
Oc…
2026
Feb 15
Gulf Shores, our seventh winter here. Ruthie did not come this year; she has mo…
…ved to her son's.
A new bird on Tuesday, the only one of the trip, and I nearly did not raise the glasses for it: a long-billed curlew on the mudflat at the refuge, with a bill like a bent darning needle. That is 312.
Oct 3
Hawkstone Readers, 2026 so far.
Jan. 6 - "What We Can Know" - Connie's
Feb. 3 - "Flesh" - Marlene's (I was in Alabama)
March 3 - "The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny" - Ellie's (670 pages)
April 7 - "My Ántonia" - Ruth's (my suggestion)
May 5 - "The Emperor of Gladness" - Margie's
June 2 - "Raising Hare" - Dee's
August 4 - "The Antidote" - Nan's
Sept.…
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| First name | Ruth |
|---|---|
| Last name | Lachance |
| Nickname | Ruthie |
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- variant: Home street_address_1: 618 Cherry Capital Spur city: Traverse City state: Michigan postal_code: '49684'
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