Monday Morning Memo – 3.11.2024
Wider Horizons Events and Information
- Book Group at 10:30 am Tuesday, March 12. The discussion is about How Democracies Die and On Tyranny. Here is the Zoom link: https://tinyurl.com/2p9kbwbe
- Tuesday, March 12, 10:30 am: Postcarding to swing state PA at Oxbow Bakery. Hope to see you there then! 2307 24th Ave E. (fragrance free please)
- Thursday morning’s All-Member Zoom is happening, per usual, this Thursday, March 14, at 9:30 am. Sue Lerner will send out the link and questions on Wednesday.
- Fiber Art Enthusiasts – Friday, March 15, 10:30-noon…Please join us around our congenial ZOOM table for project viewing, tips, ideas and encouragement. All levels welcome. For information: Joan Bergman jmbergman43@comcast.net Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82563605806?pwd=Rk1vQ3BQa0U3ZUVUQkNHZTNuRHVIUT09
- If you’d like to take a tour of the Cedar Grove Recycling Facility, probably in May, let me know. See the attached description and contact Rick Grossman, who is making the arrangements, if you have questions, call Rick at 848 702-1018.
- From Ann Lawrence: Attached is a great photo of our unstoppable ladies on a sunny, daffodil-day!
7. Meet our newest member: Hello, I am Michael Coontz. I live alone on my sailboat. I am a hairstylist that escaped the corporate life to return to art. I have an amazing 25-year-old daughter of whom I am very proud. You can reach Michael here: michaelcoontz@yahoo.com. Thanks to Denise Lishner for recruiting Michael.
8. See the attached article and photo of our member Phil Gerson as he met and talked with with Eastern Washington farmers in the spirit of Braver Angels and One Small Step.
9. And, in the same vein, our members are active in many venues! Check out this link, shared by Rick Grossman showing member Fletch Waller at a Senior Resource Fair on Mercer Island. Fletch, his wife Ann Janes-Waller and Debbie Ward attended and staffed a table to inform interested attendees about the benefits of joining Wider Horizons.
10. Two of Patricia Henley’s short stories have been accepted for publication this year in university literary magazines, The South Dakota Review and Pembroke Magazine, out of the University of North Carolina Pembroke. If you’d like to learn more about her work, please check out her website address below. https://patriciahenleyauthor.com
Members and Friends Share
- Nancy Hooyman shared a link to an interesting UW lecture, open to the public, by a bioengineering professor who will speak about Alzheimer’s research breakthroughs: https://tinyurl.com/49297tzj The lecture is at 5:30 pm on Monday, April 1 and you can livestream it or attend in person.
- Julie Anderson shared information about memory loss that is very reassuring (see the attachment).
- Bill Lippe shared a link to an interview Johnny Carson did back in 1988 with a 97-year-old farmer. It’s hysterical. VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t8-x3uOSqY
