To the Editor:

Reading Pattie Mahalik's column in the Sept. 26 edition of the Northwestern Press brought back so many fond memories of my friends in the Suncoast Writer's Guild, whose creative writings have so inspired me.

Throughout the past nine years, I've been privileged to meet with this group three times a month for the three months of the year while my husband, Bruce, and I reside in Venice, Fla.

Phyllis Reading, whose work, "Chocolate Covered Strawberry Moments," is referred to in the column, is an abundantly creative soul, and a living example of how to be young-at-heart despite an aging body.

Thank you, Pattie, for making this North-South connection.

Diana J. Hill

Lititz