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Novel Women of Mill Creek, a book club that has been around for 10-plus years, developed a new meeting strategy last fall that didn’t involve Zoom, but still maintained social distancing and allowed its members to socialize in person. Novel Women found this to be more enjoyable than Zoom meetings.

Meetings were held outside, under a member’s deck or in their garage (doors open), using masks and socially-distanced chairs. Instead of sitting down together for dessert, to-go snacks were provided.

As the weather got colder, a heater was introduced and Novel Women were donning jackets...