by Jas Faulkner
School has been in session for nearly two weeks and Sam and Tab have already hosted their first “Page to Screen” night based on what the kids are reading in class.
“I thought you had those all the time,” I said.
“Oh, we do. But the ones during the school year work a little different from the ones we have in the summer. We get to pick out our own movies and have giveaways when there’s no school.”
I’ve seen their giveaways. Rather than one expensive thing that everybody covets and only one person gets, they tend to find something they can afford to give to anyone in attendance who wants it. At the end of their events the crowd leaves with books, bookmarks, and other goodies in hand courtesy of Magnolia Square Books and The TikTok KitKat Cafe.
Of course there is always something the girls and George ask in return. Sometimes it’s an hour or two everyone’s time for some consciousness raising about diabetes or the environment or aging or fitness or even a little dose of stealth sensitivity training. Sometimes the cost for an evening of film, talk, books, and biscuits is a bag of empty recyclables that are loaded into the back of George’s van so he can take them to the recycling center in Jackson the next day.
