Monday Morning Memo - 1.12.2026
Wider Horizons Events and Information
Our Book Group, led by Nancy Robb, meets tomorrow, Tuesday, January 13, at 10:30 am on Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/bp69bjb8 The book being discussed is James by Percival Everett. All are welcome!
Thursday morning’s All-Member Zoom is happening as usual this Thursday, January 15 at 9:30 am. Sue Lerner will send out the link and questions on Wednesday.
Please join us on Thursday, January 15th at 4 pm for Storytelling at this Zoom link: https://tinyurl.com/yktvw399 Thanks to our 4 storytellers who are bringing us a wide range of topics, foreign and domestic:
Tom Heller: Chance Encounters
Susan Jamison: Life with My Father
Peggy O'Donnell: USAID in Bolivia
Victoria Bestock: Lynn at New Year's Camp
“Be There or be Square!” says Debbie Ward, Facilitator
Join the Arboretum Walk, Sunday, January 18. Meet at 9 am at the Arboretum’s Graham Visitors Center.
Sharing
Andy Miller reminds us that this interesting event with Dana Visalli - Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life, presented by our sister village Methow at Home, is open to all: https://tinyurl.com/426suukk Meeting ID: 876 1299 7833; Passcode: 807806
Larry Kirkman shared this anti-scam resource that he found useful: https://pausetake9.org/
Ann Lawrence has really enjoyed her connection with the Stanford Center on Longevity and Laura Carstensen’s New Road Map for Life. Ann says, their newsletter is always interesting, and their ongoing studies on creative again are intriguing. Here is a link: https://longevity.stanford.edu/issue-6/
Micki Lippe is interested in going to this SAM exhibit before it leaves January 18: Farm to Table: Art, Food, and Identity in the Age of Impressionism! Let her know if you are too.