We were offered coffee before Gary convened the meeting. Then he introduced me as a new member. He said I’d moved to Stafford over the summer, that I was retired, that I was a new parishioner at Holy Trinity, and that I volunteered at Sunrise. True to his word, he didn’t say anything about how I used to earn my living. Then he introduced Frank, who was leading the discussion that evening. Frank didn’t have to work very hard. Just about everyone seemed to have read the book and to have been excited by it. We all had questions or comments. I had resolved to keep quiet and listen, being the newbie, but I couldn’t help making a comment or two.
When the discussion was finished, Gary invited us to have more coffee. There was also a chocolate cake from the bakery department at Winn Dixie. As we
