Benefits of Belonging.
10/18/2014
Above Mary Jane Mallonee is shown at the Winterthur Museum with her neighbor Sheri Young and Gerald Dickens, when he performed works by his famous great-great grandfather several years ago.
(Here is an email I received from member Mary Jane after attending my first annual conference of the international Dickens Fellowship in July 2014. It speaks of the importance to her of this larger body, to which our Baltimore Branch now belongs.
~~ Menalcus Lankford)
I'm glad you enjoyed the conference in Chicago and have experienced the best of the Dickens Fellowship, which is not just a literary society but also a big family. This conference was my 15th, and I plan to attend as many more as I possibly can. Not only do I learn more about Dickens and his works, but it's wonderful to learn about the host city of the conference. The speakers and participants are friendly, and sometimes we all have to deal with the inconveniences and glitches that occur. I hope we can convince others in the Baltimore branch to consider attending the conferences and thinking of themselves as part of a worldwide organization.
FYI, here are the conferences that I have been able to attend (from memory!):
1998 Connecticut
2000 Rochester/Chatham2001 New York
2002 London
2003 Bristol/Clifton
2005 Canterbury
2006 Amsterdam
2007 Philadelphia
2008 Durham/North East England
2009 Cleveland
2010 Eastbourne
2011 Christchurch (not official because of earthquake)
2012 Portsmouth
2013 Boulogne-sur-Mer
2014 Chicago
I'm looking forward to reading Dombey again and to seeing the Baltimore Dickens "family" in September.
(Here is an email I received from member Mary Jane after attending my first annual conference of the international Dickens Fellowship in July 2014. It speaks of the importance to her of this larger body, to which our Baltimore Branch now belongs.
~~ Menalcus Lankford)
I'm glad you enjoyed the conference in Chicago and have experienced the best of the Dickens Fellowship, which is not just a literary society but also a big family. This conference was my 15th, and I plan to attend as many more as I possibly can. Not only do I learn more about Dickens and his works, but it's wonderful to learn about the host city of the conference. The speakers and participants are friendly, and sometimes we all have to deal with the inconveniences and glitches that occur. I hope we can convince others in the Baltimore branch to consider attending the conferences and thinking of themselves as part of a worldwide organization.
FYI, here are the conferences that I have been able to attend (from memory!):
1998 Connecticut
2000 Rochester/Chatham2001 New York
2002 London
2003 Bristol/Clifton
2005 Canterbury
2006 Amsterdam
2007 Philadelphia
2008 Durham/North East England
2009 Cleveland
2010 Eastbourne
2011 Christchurch (not official because of earthquake)
2012 Portsmouth
2013 Boulogne-sur-Mer
2014 Chicago
I'm looking forward to reading Dombey again and to seeing the Baltimore Dickens "family" in September.