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News and Photos from Recent Meetings
There was a beautiful sunny evening for the meeting on 15 June when Angela welcomed all members and one guest, local councillor Susan van der Ven.
A Bowl of Beautiful Birthday Posies
Rosemary read out her report of the CFWI Annual Council Meeting held on 26 April and we heard about the walk organised by Dot which took place on
24 May. All have been asked to partake of an activity for the Triathlon and enter their efforts on one of the forms. It was then time for our speaker
Claire Lister to address the meeting with her talk about Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine. We heard of how these ancient treatments have been available
in China and other oriental countries for hundreds of years although many Chinese nowadays prefer to have the ‘modern’ western style of medicine. Claire
said that the tongue is a great indicator of a person’s health with a purple tongue often being the sign of pain in the body. She explained about Qi
(pronounced chi) flowing along the 12 Meridians of the body with acupuncture points on these Meridians and then demonstrated acupuncture on Angela with a
needle inserted in each of her hands, two just below her knees and a needle in each of her feet – apparently she didn’t feel a thing! Following the delicious
refreshments served by Beryl and Karen normal business was resumed with Liz identifying the baby photo in the last newsletter as being of herself. Eileen
gave details of forthcoming CFWI events and Phyllis told of the Cambridge Open Studios taking place every weekend during July details of which can be found on
the website www.camopenstudios.co.uk. It was then time for the presentation of the beautiful birthday posies and the drawing of the raffle.
Tuesday 20 July
Members always look forward to the Summer Meeting but when planning the diary we cannot always rely on the British weather being good to us,
however, this year we were lucky enough to be blessed with a perfect summer evening. Our generous host was Margaret Stigwood and her beautiful
garden provided the perfect backdrop to a very convivial evening. The ‘bring and share’ buffet as always resulted in a delicious spread of food
in true WI tradition and this was washed down with a glass (or two!) of suitably chilled wine. Having eaten well we gathered on the patio for a
brief meeting to cover urgent business matters and to have an opportunity of signing up for forthcoming social events. That done, we remained in
Margaret’s lovely garden and enjoyed a cup of tea or coffee before wending our way home. Everyone agreed that it had been a really enjoyable evening
and thanks go to all those who attended and provided such a magnificent spread of food and, of course, special thanks to Margaret for being our host.
Roll on Summer Meeting 2011!!