Alicia, Parthenon Park, Nashville, TN Photography Lee Sandstead	Discussion
	Books: To facilitate discussion between like-minded individuals, monthly meetings will be held at the Barnes and Noble at Clifton Commons in Clifton, NJ. Books dealing with literature, history, politics, philosophy and art history will be chosen by consensus among the attendees. As attendance is limited to space, please email Lee Sandstead for reservations. Location: Barnes & Noble Booksellers Clifton 395 Route 3 East Clifton, NJ 07014 973-779-5500 Movies: To further facilitate discussion, monthly “movie nights” will be held at various households in the Northern New Jersey area. Movies will be discussed in terms of subject, theme, general philosophy of the movie, and how it relates to each individual’s life. Daytrips: Within 100 miles of New York City, there is a virtual treasure around every corner--from Guilded-Age mansions on the Hudson, to university museums, to breathtaking views along hiking trails. It is no exaggeration to say that one could spend his or her life in exploration and never run out of things to discover in the Tri-state area.
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	March 13 – Book – Heart of a Pagan, by Andrew Bernstein. Meeting place—Café Tartufo, 1049 Broad St, Bloomfield, NJ. “The Ancient Greeks revered and venerated the highest and noblest in their lives. So they built temples to their newly created gods and adorned them with images of god-like men conversing with man-like gods. Andy Bernstein in his new novel ‘Heart of a Pagan’ gives us this Greek conception of a pious man. Like the Greeks, this man doesn't prostrate himself before gods representing the meek and humble, he seeks his reverence and veneration on the sweaty floor of a basketball gym in front of 2,500 people all yelling his name "Swoop! Swoop! Swoop!" Swoop, like the pagan Ancient Greeks, turns his highest ideals -- courage, dedication, heroism-- into objects that should be worshipped and exalted. When Swoop decides to play basketball at a small college in a Christian town the conflict of the novel begins, because as Swoop is fond of saying to these Christians "True services are at the gym." Read this book to see how a truly reverent man can be a complete atheist, yet still pay his highest ideals the reverence due a god.” Feb. 28 – Daytrip – Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, Mass. Feb. 7 – Book – The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown. Jan. 24—Daytrip – Cloisters, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Jan. 17 -- Movie – We the Living, Italian, story by Ayn Rand. Jan. 7 – Daytrip – Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Jan. 1 – Hike – Hook Mountain, trailhead starts just North of Nyack. 12 miles. Dec. 28 – Daytrip – Washington Historic Crossing Park, PA. Dec. 14 – Hike – Harriman State Park. Dec. 12 – Daytrip – Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA.