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FROM FIELDS TO COURTS Well, sports fans, summer is right around the proverbial comer, and that means it's time to haul out your cleats, restring your rackets, wax your balls, flag your holes, or whatever else it takes to get you ready for summer sports. And let me tell you, folks, there is no lack of sports events or sports organizations in Atlanta in which to get involved. I hope I've included enough information in the following overview of Atlanta gay team sports leagues and group recreational organizations to give you the what's, where's, and how-to's of Atlanta summer activities. Gay softball has been organized since 1981. NAGAA (that's pronounced nawguh) the North American Gay Amateur Athletic Association, is represented by 24 Continent Member Leagues in open division, and 14 Member Leagues in women’s division. We have an affiliate league right here in Atlanta, the Hotlanta Softball League. Hotianta is expecting 6 men's teams to play this season, and in response to a women's division being started this year, they are expecting at least 6 women's teams to play, bringing Hotlanta Softball League to a dozen teams strong. Hotlanta Softball League teams will be playing Sundays in Piedmont Park beginning at 11:00 am. They'll be playing on two fields, hopefully getting in five or six games on each field before retiring to a host bar for muscle relaxation. By the way, even if you're not out there playing, the games sound like a tough-to-decline picnic opportunity. What's in store for Hotlanta Softball players? For starters, there's the playoffs, scheduled for the middle of July. But there's more. Three of the playoff teams are being sent to the Gay Softball World Series of open division and women's division to be held August 24 - 27 in Dallas, Texas. The teams to go are, naturally, the winners of the open division and women's division, but a third team is going to participate in a recreational tournament that is specifically set up for teams that are, well, let's say not first, second, or even necessarily third. Anyone interested in playing with HSL need only call the Hotlanta Softball Information line at 242-1005. Bob Schwartz, commissioner of HSL, would urge anyone who would have fun playing a dozen or so games a year in a friendly atmosphere to come out and let Hotlanta Softball League find a team for you, regardless of your level of skill. Now, from the diamonds to the lanes. DIBO (pronounced dyebow), is the acronym for the Dixie Invitational Bowling Organization, founded in June of 1986. DIBO serves as an umbrella organization for 7 current winter season leagues and roughly 4 summer leagues here in Atlanta, consisting of more than 450 bowlers! DIBO's activities include enforcing official bowling rules and regulations, publishing a quarterly newsletter, giving awards, and sponsoring a bowling tournament. More about that in a minute. The current winter season began in September and will run through May, and the summer season leagues will bowl from June through August. Leagues are bowling now at both Brunswick Express Lanes on Piedmont Circle and Fairlanes Chamblee on Monday and Wednesday nights, and at Brunswick only Friday evenings and Sunday afternoons. We're talking a great gathering of folks, folks! For example, the AVS bowling league alone consists of about 30 teams, and you can find them at Brunswick Express Lanes on Monday night. Upcoming events? Nothing less than the Dixie Invitational Bowling Tournament, March 31 Sports continued on next page Memory Board, Continued from page 14 Constance and her needs. She lists the day's activities on Constance's board and remembers for the both of them. Of the people Constance sees, she recognizes only Diana with any surety. Their life together, though limited by some practical factors, is loving and full. Their patterns, however, are interrupted. Diana has a twin-brother David, who, except for a yearly birthday visit, she's been out of touch with for their adult lives. Part of the reason for the separation was the heterosexism of David's wife. Another part was David's own competition and conflicts with Diana. The twist of the book is that since his wife has died, David wants to get to know Diana again. He has daughters, sons-in-law, and grandchildren who get drawn into the picture. His dead wife’s bigoted attitudes show more vividly in one daughter than the other, but all in all, the whole family goes through an awakening process as David becomes closer to his twin sister. him find support groups, a place to live, and a way to continue his painting. Reading Jane Rule brings back powerful memories tied with my own identity. Desert of the Heart (first pubished in 1964) was the second lesbian novel I ever read. To have had her voice available to me was very important. I am drawn to her writings because they give me the world's terrain through the eyes of a lesbian. Always in reading, I hope to be lured by carefully chosen words woven in distinct, new patterns. This happened to me in Jane Rule's book of short stories, Outlander. Unlike most of her novels, Memory Board included, the words of these short stories astonished and delighted me. For instance, the first line of the story "In the Attic of the House" is a compact wonder - "Alice hadn’t joined women's liberation; she had only rented it the mainfloor of her house" (95). Within this line, Rule beautifully sets up the political dynamics of the entire story, while rooting it in the domain of the personal. In her novels, it seems, she relies more on telling the theme rather than showing it through a scene or action. This lends Memory Board an outline quality. Besides Constance, who ironically can only tell about herself through dialogue, I feel most of the characters are ' ’ representations, and not quite complicated enough to linger thoughtfully over. I do, however, find myself contemplating the theme of memory and the various commitment issues the novel raises, but pursues intermittently. With such compelling themes and metaphors, I only wish the writing itself was stronger. Regardless of problems with craft, this book will touch you. It gives a non- sentimental and unpatronizing view of aging women and men. It explores the relationships between several generations and what each might have to offer the other. The subject of twins and gender stereotypes is always floating just beneath the surface of the text. Memory Board is worth the weekend real. Amanda C. 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