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36 FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | SEPTEMBER 2014 From Amazon.com: "Hetty "Handful" Grimké, an urban slave in early-nineteenth-century Charleston, yearns for life beyond the suffocating walls that enclose her within the wealthy Grimké household. The family's daughter Sarah, possessed of a ravenous intellect and mutinous ideas, has known from an early age she is meant to do something large in the world, but she, too, is hemmed in by the limits imposed on women. "Sue Monk Kidd's sweeping new novel is set in motion on Sarah's eleventh birthday in 1803, when she is given ownership of ten-year-old Handful, who is to be her handmaid. The Invention of Wings follows their remarkable journeys over the next thirty-five years as both strive for lives of their own, dramatically shaping each other's destinies and forming a complex relationship marked by guilt, defiance, estrangement, and the uneasy ways of love. "As the stories build to a riveting climax, Handful will endure loss and sorrow, finding courage and a sense of self in the process. Sarah will experience crushed hopes, betrayal, unrequited love, and ostracism before leaving Charleston to find her place alongside her fearless younger sister, Angelina, as one of the early pioneers in the abolition and women's rights movements." Please join us on Sept. 9 at 9:30 am for a discussion of The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd, the celebrated author of The Secret Life of Bees. Our discussion will be led by Mary Lou Keating. For more information about the Book Club, please call Doreen Sanders at (951) 769-1913. ~ Mary Lou Keating Book Club We're planning informal social evenings in the fall. We hope this will allow as many of our LGBT neighbors and friends, and their friends, to get together with us. We're combining a social evening with Smitty's dinner around 6 pm, and you can enjoy your own beverages. Keep an eye on the Breeze for more information. If you have ideas, please e-mail or call us. If you have any suggestions or questions, please call/email Dale at (951) 797- 0364 or dbeckes@dc.rr.com; or Barbara at (951) 845-6246; email Barbara at bamerton@alumni. ucla.edu. You may also sign up on the interest group clipboard at the Lodge. ~ Barbara Kwiatkowska Rainbow Group Why join the Four Seasons Singers? You will release endorphins that make you feel energized and uplifted and help with pain management. Singing will give your lungs a workout that will tone your abdominal and intercostal muscles and diaphragm, stimulating your circulation. You will breathe more deeply, so you will take in more oxygen, improve aerobic capacity and experience a release of muscle tension. It also helps to clear your sinuses and respiratory tubes. Singing can help improve obstructive sleep apnea and it also helps strengthen the immune system. Singing expands your chest so back and shoulders straighten which improves your posture. Singing tones your facial and stomach muscles (saving you the cost of a face lift or tummy tuck). Besides all that, we are a fun and accepting group of people! Beginning on Monday, Sept. 8, we will meet on Monday afternoons, from 3 to 5 pm in the Ballroom. We are rehearsing for the Holiday Show and it is a perfect time to join us. For further information, call Barbara Wasco (951) 797-3466 or email at bawasco@dc.rr.com. ~ Barbara Wasco Four Seasons Singers If you want to lose weight or just would like to live a healthier lifestyle, TOPS (Take off Pounds Sensibly) is a great group to help motivate you and cheer you on along on your way to your goal. TOPS is very affordable ($28 per year membership and $3 per month chapter dues). If you would like to give it a try we meet in the Ballroom on Tuesday mornings with weigh-in from 8 to 8:30. The meeting starts at 8:30 to 9:30 am. For more info., call Cathy Calhoun, Four Seasons resident and leader, at (951) 849-2614 or Rosalee Strong, Area Captain, at (951) 845-9313. ~ Cheryl Burke TOPS We concluded another amazingly healing 12 weeks at the end of August. We will resume Sept. 22, after a four week break. Please come join us if you have experienced a loss in your life that is causing pain. We will welcome you and support you as you take your journey through grief. We meet at 1 pm on Mondays in the Arts and Crafts Room at the Lodge. Please feel free to contact me at (951) 922-0934 or at lauriemlarson425@gmail.com. All contact is confidential. ~ Laurie Larson Bereavement Group

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