Many thanks to Carol Hyde-Barker for organising the Zoom Club Meeting so efficiently!  Our four speakers impressed us all with their knowledge and enthusiasm for their chosen subjects.

After learning how to embroider materials with her sewing machine, Jenny Brackenbury showed us the intricate, embroidered squares, which she had sewn together to make amazing, beautiful quilts for Christmas presents for her three granddaughters.

Ilean Lumsdon certainly encouraged us all to read “Where the Crawdads Sing.” by Delia Owens, a novel about a young seven year old adopted girl, who grows up in the marshes in North Carolina.  Her childhood, spent among the beautiful marshlands, gives her so much joy.

Anne Lyons spoke about her unusual year as District 22 Chairman, which started off so successfully, with the support of our members, at the Rotary Conference in Scarborough, her District Charity Luncheon at the Hostess in aid of MacMillan Cancer Care, the Annual Carol Service at St. Philip Neri’s Church and the District Quiz  in February.  Then sadly her preparations for the District Rally and all other events had to be cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown towards the end of March!  What a shame!

Lynn Bowman talked about the series of 30 crime novels by Donna Leon, set in Venice featuring Commissario Guido Brunetti. The reader is introduced to his family and the life and culture of Venice. Food features greatly in the novels so much that the author produced a cookery book of Brunetti recipes.