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March 2025

February 2025

Commemorating Black History Month 2025
02/28/2025

Transportation at the Pasadena Village
02/28/2025

A Look at Proposition 19
02/27/2025

Behind the Scenes: Understanding the Pasadena Village Board and Its Role
02/27/2025

Beyond and Within the Village: The Power of One
02/27/2025

Celebrating Black Voices
02/27/2025

Creatively Supporting Our Village Community
02/27/2025

Decluttering: More Than The Name Implies
02/27/2025

Hidden Gems of Forest Lawn Museum
02/27/2025

LA River Walk
02/27/2025

Message from the President
02/27/2025

Phoenix Rising
02/27/2025

1619 Conversations with West African Art
02/25/2025

The Party Line
02/24/2025

Status - Feb 20, 2025
02/20/2025

Bluebird by Charles Bukowski
02/17/2025

Dreams by Langston Hughes
02/17/2025

Haiku - Four by Fritzie
02/17/2025

Haikus - Nine by Virginia
02/17/2025

Wind and Fire
02/17/2025

Partnerships Amplify Relief Efforts
02/07/2025

Another Community Giving Back
02/05/2025

Diary of Disaster Response
02/05/2025

Eaton Fire: A Community United in Loss and Recovery
02/05/2025

Healing Powers of Creative Energy
02/05/2025

Living the Mission
02/05/2025

Message from the President: Honoring Black History Month
02/05/2025

Surviving and Thriving: Elder Health Considerations After the Fires
02/05/2025

Treasure Hunting in The Ashes
02/05/2025

Villager's Stories
02/05/2025

A Beginning of Healing
02/03/2025

Hectic Evacuation From Eaton Canyon Fire
02/02/2025

Hurricanes and Fires are Different Monsters
02/02/2025

January 2025

Recently Read Books

By Ms Vyk
Posted: 07/20/2020
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The book discussion group operates without a designated leader, and books are selected by its members. Before the pandemic, the group met in members’ living rooms but have continued by Zoom. Recent books read by the group include: 

  • The Travelling Cat Chronicles
    • Hiro Arikawa
    • Set in Japan, the cat, Nana, and his owner, Satoru, take off on a trip to visit friends but Nana is unaware of the real purpose of the mission.

     

  • Yellow House
    • Sarah M. Broom
    • This is a memoir of home and family set in New Orleans, before and after Hurricane Katrina.

     

  • One Drop: my father’s hidden life
    • Bliss Broyard
    • The daughter of writer Anatole Broyard tells of the search for family history after she and her brother learn as a young adults of their African American roots, a secret her father never shared with them.

     

  • Indelicacy
    • Amina Cain
    • A cleaner in a museum, who is captivated by the art, marries a wealthy patron and finds that the life of privilege is more complicated than she expected.

              Indelicacy can be purchased at Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena, California.

     

  • Lilac Girls: A Novel
    • Martha Hall Kelly
    • In this World War II story of resistance three women, an American, a Pole, and a German, are brought together in treacherous circumstances.

     

  • The Rules Do Not Apply
    • Ariel Levy
    • Levy, a notable writer, tells of love and loss as she gives up the comfortable life in her search for adventure.

     

  • Born a Crime
    • Trevor Noah
    • The host of “The Daily Show” writes of his life growing up in South Africa

     

  • Becoming
    • Michelle Obama
    • A memoir by the former First Lady

     

  • Still Life with Breadcrumbs
    • Anna Quindlen
    • A photography career in decline, Rebecca finds love and many layers of life when out from behind the camera.

     

  • Nothing to See Here
    • Kevin Wilson
    • An unlikely friendship between Lillian and Madison leads to Lillian’s caring for Madison’s two step-children, who spontaneously combust when agitated

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