Monday Morning Memo – 9.25.2023
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Monday Morning Memo – 9.25.2023

Wider Horizons Events and Information

  1. On Tuesday, September 26 at 10:30 am, our Democracy Action Group (DAG) is sponsoring a postcard writing session at Oxbow Bakery, 2307 24th Ave East.  Parking on E. Lynn and E. McGraw Streets. An attachment explains more about the group. Audrey Hansen says, Postcards, etc. will be provided. Slow writing hands are welcome. 
  2. The Healthy Aging Zoom workshop will be on Wednesday, Sept 27th at 4:30 pm. The topic will be “Is it hearing loss or is it something else?” The link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82302089744?pwd=SldkanlveDdlVjNoWGE4d1J3WnoxQT09
  3. Thursday morning’s all-member Zoom is this Thursday, September 28, in its usual time slot of 9:30 am. The link and small group questions will be sent out on Wednesday.
  4. Wider Horizons Democracy Action Group (DAG) will meet on Zoom on Sunday, Oct 1 at 4 pm. The gathering is open to all WH members, and a link will be sent later. See the attachment for more info about DAG.

Members and Friends Share Information

  1. Anne Focke shared this link about WaNaWari’s Black Art Extravaganza on Saturday, September 30: WTB — Wa Na Wari
  2. Thanks to Kathleen O’Connor for my new quote (see below).
  3. Lynn Heller shared a humorous piece (see attached).
  4. From Fletch Waller: “Ann and I have recently returned from a wonderful, three-week trip throughout Ireland. So, what did we see and learn? Click here.”
  5. Bill Lippe is hosting The Black Feathers at a house concert on Saturday, October 14. See the attached for more details.
  6. From Ann Lawrence, an NYTimes article on aging well (hint: it’s about your attitude) https://tinyurl.com/dsdk9yfy

To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places—and there are so many—where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction. —Howard Zinn

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