April 14, 2016 was a great day. I gave one lecture and two reading on that date.
In the morning, I lectured on Saint Thomas Aquinas at Nova Southeastern University’s Lifelong Learning Institute in Davie, Florida. Director Linda Maurice gave me a warm introduction. The speech was entitled, “A Spotlight on Philosophy— St. Thomas Aquinas. Around 50 members of the institute attended and asked lots of questions. They seemed entertained and educated after one and a half hours of my spiel. Getting seniors to laugh is always a challenge. For those of you who may have forgotten, AHO is in the Institutes library.
In the afternoon, I drove about one mile east (still in the town of Davie)to the main campus of Broward College. Literary Feast 2016 was being held at the University College Library. It was National Library Week and around eight members of the South Florida Writers Association came to read. I read my short story, “The Stairs” to two different groups, one mainly consisting of students and the other of writers. Both groups were enthralled with the story. I also donated a copy of AHO to the Broward College Library in honor of National Library Week.
At 4:00 pm, I arrived home exhausted but happy. I had a writer’s trifecta.
What the readers are saying:
Go Mort. You Rock.—Ricki
Sounds great to me. Congrats.—Etta
Do you have a website that contains all of your short stories and poems.—Anita
Great reading on Thursday at Broward College! Congrats! I felt it was a mitzvah.—Author Nina Romano
WOW—Elaine
