Monday Morning Memo – 2.5.2024
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Monday Morning Memo – 2.5.2024

Wider Horizons Events and Information

  1. Post carding to California for their March primary, Tuesday, February 6 at 10:30 am, Oxbow Bakery, 2307 24thAve East. Fragrance free please. Neighborhood parking. Great coffee and companionship. All are welcome.
  2. Fiber Art Enthusiasts: Tuesday, February 6, 10:30 am-noonin-person at Fred Lind Manor/Capitol Hill.  All levels welcome. First-timers encouraged. Joan Bergman: jmbergman43@comcast.net
  3. Men’s Coffee Wednesday, February 7, 10 am, in the community room at Victrola, 411 15th Ave. East. All are welcome. Let Michael Kischnerknow if you need a ride.
  4. And Women’s Coffee meets also on Wednesday, February 7, 10:30 am, at Oxbow Bakery, 2307 24thAve E.
  5. Thursday morning’s All-Member Zoomis happening, per usual, this Thursday, February 8, at 9:30 am. Sue Lerner will send out the link and questions on Wednesday.

6.  New member Doug Kerr hails from a beach town in New Jersey where he spent summers as a lifeguard. He went to school at William and Mary, lived in Germany for a year doing sleep research, and received his PhD in clinical psychology in Denver. He moved to Seattle in 1980 to do research on juvenile delinquency prevention at UW, where he met Denise Lishner on his first day of work. For more than three decades he has had a private practice treating adolescents and families. Doug has a passion for dogs, music, reading about history, and spending time with friends in nature.

7.       Rick Grossman has put us on the national map! I’ve received five inquiries so far from across the country in response to the excellent interview/article of Rick published yesterday in Business Insider https://www.businessinsider.com/senior-villages-loneliness-making-friends-in-retirement-2024-2

(A PDF copy of the article has been added below.)

8.       Our Newsletter’s publication has been delayed by one month. Please send great photos, and, if you’ve got a piece of original poetry, send that as well to Denise Klein.

Members and Friends Share Information


  1. From Carla McLean: Here’s an entertaining half-hour video about how human composting works. People are often curious about this alternative to cremation and burial. Yay, Washington state! Local Human Composting facility Recompose https://youtu.be/_LJSEZ_pl3Y?si=OO_Q2gTrK71Mnikk 
  2. End of Life Washington has a wealth of information and some upcoming presentations: https://endoflifewa.org/
  3. Rick Grossman shared this: https://seattlemedium.com/tech-savvy-seniors-5-emerging-trends-that-will-revolutionize-active-aging-in-2024/
  4. And be sure to contact Rick if you want to join the NW Garden Show Tour: rickgrossman@live.com
  5. I loved Rebecca Crichton’s essay (attached) on humility and resilience.
  6. And the attached piece by Anne Lamott is uplifting.