Category Archives: Probus

Six Probus Book Club members discussed a novel by Chanel Cleeton entitled “When We Left Cuba” on October 12, 2023. This is the Pageturner’s Summary of this book. When We Left Cuba by Chanel Cleeton This 341 page, historical fiction novel is the story of the Perez family who fled from Cuba to south Florida inContinueContinue reading “The Page Turner #21”

The Kingsway-Islington Probus Book Club, The Pageturners, met on September 14, 2023 to discuss The 100 Years of Lenni and Margot, written by Marianne Cronin. See the review below. The 100 Years of Lenni and Margot written by by Marianne Cronin Reviewed by Kathryn Raymond This novel was the inaugural, fictional novel by Marianne Cronin, who studiedContinueContinue reading “The Page Turner #20”

Now that we are fully into the Fall season with the dropping of leaves and gardens being readied for winter, it seems to be a good time to recall one of our Spring outings.  This was a trip to Port Credit to walk along the lake shore and to visit the famous Rhododendron Gardens. WeContinueContinue reading “October 2023 Walk”

The documents below were available for the October 23, 2023 Annual General Meeting at the Lambton Golf and Country Club. To view a report in a separate Window, press the Download button and then open the file. Agenda for the Probus Annual General Meeting Agenda for the October 23 AGMDownload Minutes from the 2022 AnnualContinueContinue reading “Annual General Meeting – October 2023”

At the Wine Club tasting of October 5, 2023 at Ruth Johnson’s home, there were two wines sipped that appealed the most to the group. The first was a white wine, while the second was a red wine. Chile, Cono Sur Vineyards – Viognier, 2022 Cono Sur is a white wine produced and bottled inContinueContinue reading “Through the Grapevine # 37”

The walk being submitted for September 2023, occurred in May, when the Walking Club took a walk through west-central Toronto to see if we could find any graffiti worth admiring.  Many of these works of art are found on garage doors which necessitates a tour of the back lanes of the city.  These graffiti areContinueContinue reading “September 2023 Walk”

This month we met at the home of Elaine Dulmage for a delightful afternoon of tasting some new vintages. Elaine followed the advice of Carol Evans Hammond, the wine expert who writes a column in the Saturday edition of the Toronto Star. She selected the wines of interest and ordered them online. They were readyContinueContinue reading “Through the Grapevine #36”

Wine Tasting continued during the Summer with a meeting at Tim and Maggie’s home on Thursday August 3rd with two white wines and two red wines being served. Each of the four wines served had something unique about them, and generally all four wines had fans who said that they would buy it. As anContinueContinue reading “Through the Grapevine #35”

On May 11th, 22 people from the Dinner Club met at Leao D’ouro at 920 Dundas Street East in Mississauga, just west of Tomken Road. Maggie Hoffmann and Tim Sulisz picked this Portuguese restaurant as it is easy to get there, they have parking behind the building, a washroom on the same level, and provideContinueContinue reading “Dinner Club #5”

Wine Tasting on July 6th 2023 was at Jack and Marg Markham’s home. They decided, as summer had started, to acknowledge this fact by changing the types of wines normally chosen by incorporating two bottles of Rosé along with a bottle of white wine and a bottle of red. The white wine chosen was fromContinueContinue reading “Through the Grapevine #34”