Starting in January, 2008, our speaker series will be held on the 4th Wednesday of the month at 7:00 pm in the Community Room of the San Carlos Library.  This room is accessable from the back left side of the library or through the double doors in the Children’s section in the library. We hope that this day and time will be convenient for all those who enjoy this series. Light refreshments will be served. Hope to see you there!

Wednesday, May 28th, 7 pm: Bobbi Warren, a reflexologist and author of, What My Feet Say About Me, The Art of Foot Reading, will speak on the topic of “Stress Reduction Through Your Feet”.  She will be joined by her mother, Muff Warren,also a reflexologist.

There is no speaker in June

Wednesday, July 23rd, 7 pm:  Retired educator and political satirist, Evan Keliker, will discuss his novel, Tyrannicide, Story of the 2nd American Revolution.

Wednesday, August 27th, 7 pm:  Author Amy Wallen, discusses her novel,  Moon Pies & Movie Stars.

Wednesday, September 24th, 7 pm:  Author Nancy Inman,  who grew up in India in the 1940s will discuss her autobiographical book, Bird Nest in a Chandelier.

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     Come to the Community Room of the San Carlos Library, on Wednesday, May 28, 2008, at 7 p.m. to hear these dynamic two ladies tell you, “What your feet say about you” and how to achieve “Stress reduction-through your feet”. Light refreshments will be served.

     Muff & Bobbi Warren are a Mother & Daughter team who first learned about Reflexology in the early 60’s. They became certified in 1983, and following a special training program, Bobbi became a teacher of Reflexology and then the President of the International Institute of Reflexology, in St. Petersburg, FL. She has traveled throughout the U.S., Canada and England giving teaching seminars. Both have had private practices for almost 30 years. In 1992, they became one of the first to receive the National Reflexlogy Board Certification (ARCB). As charter and former Board members of the Reflexology Association of CA, Bobbie headed the committee that developed the Code of Ethics and Business Standards for California Reflexologists.

     So what exactly is Reflexlogy? It is a science based on the principle that there are reflex areas on the hands and feet which correspond to all body parts. The physical act of applying specific pressure using thumb, finger and hand techniques result in stress reduction which causes a physiological change in the body.

     By examining the angles, shapes, and textures of the entire foot, you have a map to the personality and health of an individual. Come and learn the art of foot reading for fun, for therapy, for self-knowledge, or to understand your family and friends.

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             Evan Keliker,is a Political Satirist and author of several books.  His most recent book, “Tyrannicide, Story of the 2nd American Revolution”,  “is the story of…….dead politicians, mysterious strangers, international intrigue, armed insurrectionists, midnight flights to Cairo, and widespread corruption.  TYRANNICIDE, offers a foolproof plan that will return the country to its rightful owners:  the people of the United States of America!”

     Evan Keliker earned a Doctorate in Education and taught for over 30 years.  He is a Marine veteran of the Korean War, and has been married to the same woman for over 46 years.  Now retired, he continues his writing and political satire which you may have first encountered in several of his previous books, “Guerrilla Warfare for Teachers:  a Survival Guide…” and “Grandpa’s Marijuana Handbook”.  

     Come join us to hear the witticisms of Evan Keliker on Wednesday, July 23rd at 7 pm in the Community Room of the San Carlos Library.  Light refreshments will be served.

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       Our August speaker will be author AMY WALLEN, discussing her book “Moon Pies and Movie Stars.” 

     Although Amy has never lived in Texas, her roots are Texan.  The summers she spent helping her Grandmother at her roadside convenience store in Bracketville, Texas gave her the inspiration for her book’s characters.  Readers will “love this tender and side-split-tingly funny story of indomitable spirit and unstoppable force, ” Ruby Kincaid, as she travels in an old van with two friends and her two unruly grand-kids from Texas to Hollywood, to find, fetch, and return to home, her wayward daughter.

    Currently, Amy teaches creative writing at UC San Diego Extension and leads a variety of creative workshops. She hosts the monthly open mic prose reading sponsored by San Diego Writers Inc where she sits on their advisory board.   Come and enjoy with us this fun, witty writer on Wednesday, August 27th at 7 pm in the Community Room of the San Carlos Library.   Light refreshments will be served.

   

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        In “Bird Nest In a Chandelier”,  second-generation India born American,  Nancy Aldrich, captivates readers with the story of her fairytale adventures growing up in India in the 1930’s and 1940’s.  Her Grandfather was a preacher living in India when her father was born there.  Her father earned his MD degree in the U.S., and returned to India as a surgeon. 

     Nancy was born in India in a town near Bombay where her first language was the local native language of Gujerati.  At the age of eight, she left for boarding school, located near the Himalayas—a  3 day/2 night journey from her parent’s home.  There she learned yet another Indian dialect.  During this time, India was still a British Colony, complete with the pomp and circumstance of maharajahs and their painted parade elephants.  Streaming past her bedroom window on any given day might be camels, gypsy caravans, sadhus, ox carts loaded with mehla-bound villagers, brightly festooned lorries and bell-ringing cyclists.  Her book regales us with hunting adventures in Western India’s Gujerat countryside, and her encounters with Naga tribal headhunters on a remote mountain path in Northeast India’s Assam.

     Come join us on Wednesday, September 24th at 7 pm in the Community Room of the San Carlos Library, to hear local San Carlos resident, Nancy Aldrich, tell us about the process she went through in writing this autobiographical book.  Nancy is a very vivacious lady, and we’re sure you will find her stories fun and facinating.  Light refreshments will be served.

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