The Muse Magazine
Jul 2025 • 163
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COMMUNITY DIARY
Pinelands Baptist Church Divorce Care Course Begins
Sat 14 June 2025
Late joiners to the course, which runs for 13 weeks, are welcome. Meet at number 14, The Triangle, every Saturday, commencing 14 June at 10:00 with snacks provided. Cost of snacks and manual will be R750 per
person. Please do not let this put you off - funding is available where necessary. We look forward to hearing from anyone going through divorce or separation or even thinking about this.
Call Alan Minogue on 083 4561196 or the church on 083 456 1196.
Happy Hour Social Group
Wed 2 Jul 2025
Come to the Pinelands Library Activities Hall from 09:30 to 11:00 for a presentation on the human sense of smell and aromatherapy with Diana. All welcome.
Call Santa at 083 235 6730.

Pinelands Methodist Church Market on Union
Sat 5 Jul 2025
It may be cold, but you’ll find warm fellowship as you join us from 09:00-12:30 for Saturday brunch, and as you browse the craft stalls and take home various eats and treats. Live music. Venue: Church hall at 2 Union Avenue, Pinelands.
Call Joan on 082 810 1889.
Pinelands Library Plant Swap
Wed 9 Jul 2025
Pinelands Library hosts a plant swap every 2nd Wednesday of the month from 10:00 to 11:00. Come along and share plants with others. Cuttings & seed packs are welcome.
Call Lauren/Deborah-Jane: 021 814 1780.

Page Turners Book Club
Mon 16 Jul 2025
Come to the Pinelands Library Committee Room between 10:00 and 11:00 and meet Angela Miller-Rothbart, local author of The Lightness of Air and Space between the Stars. She uses her gift of writing as a cathartic experience to tell the important stories of the Holocaust and Apartheid.
RSVP: Verna 021 814 1780 or Lauren 021 814 1777.
Pinelands Stamp Circle
Wed 30 Jul 2025

Meet at 18:30 in the Pinelands Library Activities Hall above the Pinelands Library. Exhibitors: Martin will show "Local Value 4 Potatoes" and Marilyn will show "Letters to a Lincolnshire Lass".
Email Martin: m.tristan.crawford@gmail.com.
Pinelands High School Play
Wed 30 July - Sat 2 Aug 2025
Don't miss out! Book on quicket today for the Pinelands High School presentation of the musical Legally Blonde.
Helen Keller Society Book Room and Nursery Open to the Public
Fridays: See dates below
The Helen Keller Society will open their book room and garden nursery for sales to the general public on the last Friday of every month. In the winter months (from June to September), call Bev Wroth on 021 531 5311 to confirm opening times.
Fridays: 25 July; 29 August; 26 September; 31 October; 28 November.

Bric-A-Brac Sales for KAPS
Saturdays 9am -1pm
Visit Gloria at the Karoo Animal Protection Society (KAPS) bric-a-brac table at the
Pinelands Club. All donations are welcome including dog and cat food or pet bedding.
For collection call Gloria at 083 450 2782.