On October 23, JASNA-NC met to hear all about this year’s AGM: “Sense and Sensibility in the City of Gardens” that was hosted in Victoria, BC. The talk that remained most prominent in attendees’ minds, in-person and virtual alike, was Robert Morrison’s “’Deeper in a Life of Sin’: The Regency Romance of Sense and Sensibility.” Morrison’s explorations of the ambiguities and innuendos in…
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By Dan Read Grandson Vinny had been running around all day and had taken two messy poops. So, it was bath time after dinner. I ran the bath and gave him some cups to play with and got him in the water. We washed up in a few minutes, and then I asked him if he was ready to get…
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By Elizabeth Jewell For the September 18, 2022, JASNA-NC meeting, 34 members and visitors convened via Zoom for fellowship and a presentation by Robert Morrison, author of The Regency Years. His talk was entitled “The Women of the Regency: A Revolution . . . Almost Beyond Expression.” Morrison organized the talk in three parts—first, a traditional view of the Regency;…
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We all agree: Willoughby is a cad JASNA-NC members far and wide met August 21st to discuss the beloved Austen novel Sense and Sensibility and to try new things with Zoom for breakout rooms. Our new thing for the breakout rooms was a trial of having a small group start to the book club that some hiccups: we learned that…
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By Betty Parker Ellis The COVID-19 Pandemic that became a shared global experience will remain in my view a defining moment for having forever changed all of our lives. Although it brought tragic outcomes to many around the world, I am very thankful that when I did get sick with the coronavirus in fall of 2020 it was a mild…
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