Hello Chillicothe, Ohio

This is the start of the Chillicothe Chesterton Society Blog. It is also the start of the local society. I suppose I'll try to be the fanatic Dale Ahlquist writes about on the American Chesterton Society Web Site. According to Dale, there are five things needed to start a local society. They are:

1. At least one person who is fanatically devoted to Chesterton.
2. A core group of people who share an interest in Chesterton and in meeting regularly.
3. A place to meet regularly.
4. A time to meet regularly.
5. Something to drink.

I don't know if I'll be able to find a core group. Although I was encouraged the other day when I was in a local coffee house and asked the barista if it might be possible to hold a meeting of a-yet-to-be-formed literary society in that establishment. She said I should speak with the owner. And as I write this, I've just finished the phone call. Now we have a place to meet -- Schlegel's Coffee House. At any rate, just as I finished asking about being able to meet in the coffee house, the gentleman standing next in line handed me his card and said: "give me a call if you get something going." I took that as a providential sign.