Sunday Assembly East Bay

Pop on by to play a favorite classic game—like Scattergories, Pictionary, Taboo, Scrabble, or Boggle—or try something newer, like Splendor, Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza, or Just One! You can also bring a game you’d like to try with others. Come with friends or come alone and meet new, playful people—mostly adults.

This event is FREE and **not** sponsored by the Berkeley Public Library. (They just let us use the room.)

Greetings all while 10 of us did attempt to go hiking on 1-3-26 the rain ended up turning us back, so we will try Round Valley again in Feb. Hope to see you there. Norman

Hello all, My next hike will be a new one. It is Round Valley regional preserve just east of Mt Diablo State Park. From the Map the trail seems to be pretty flat with an elevation of 400 feet through out, so not much in the way of elevation gain/loss. Total length of hike will be 6.42 mile if I added up all the little number correctly. East Bay write up states that the area seemed to be a gathering area for several tribes for trade and socializing. The valley later became a farm and ranching operation. To get there take the 680 to Ygnacio Valley Rd, (for those heading south on the 680 get off a North Main offramp going south then go to Ygnacio Valley Rd). Take Ygnacio Valley Rd east to Clayton Rd turn right. Clayton Rd becomes Marsh Rd. Take Marsh Rd to the staging area which is past Deer Rd and on the right. Park in the staging area. As this is a new hike there could be changes to this writeup after I hike during my winter break. Hope to see you there Norman

A note to consider for getting there. From the intersection of North Main and Ygnacio Valley Rd in Walnut Creek head east 7.2 miles to Clayton Rd and turn right onto Clayton Rd. From the intersection of Ygnacio Valley Rd and Clayton Rd travel 14.5 miles to the park entrance. There is a small sign on a post about 100 yard before the entrance and a much larger one at the entrance that faces the wrong way to be read both on the right side of the road. Hope to see you there Norman

We will be reading and discussing "Three Days in June" by Ann Tyler.

Gail Baines is having a bad day. To start, she loses her job—or quits, depending on whom you ask. Tomorrow her daughter, Debbie, is getting married, and she hasn’t even been invited to the spa day organized by the mother of the groom. Then, Gail’s ex-husband, Max, arrives unannounced on her doorstep, carrying a cat, without a place to stay, and without even a suit.

But the true crisis lands when Debbie shares with her parents a secret she has just learned about her husband to be. It will not only throw the wedding into question but also stir up Gail and Max’s past.

Told with deep sensitivity and a tart sense of humor, full of the joys and heartbreaks of love and marriage and family life, Three Days in June is a triumph, and gives us the perennially bestselling, Pulitzer Prize–winning writer at the height of her powers.

Should be fun.
See you all there!