Monday Morning Memo - 12.8.2025
Wider Horizons Events and Information
Our newest member is Willoughby Ann Walshe (photo attached). Willoughby is the retired editor of the magazine Made in Germany which reported bimonthly in English about German technical products available on the international market from 1984 to 2008. She served as a Peace Corps volunteer for two years in Kyrgyzstan teaching English and classroom methodology to Kyrgyz and Russian teachers of English. Currently, she spends time painting watercolor landscapes, travelling and presenting PowerPoint presentations of her experiences abroad. You can welcome her at wawalshe@hotmail.com
Book Group tomorrow, Tuesday, December 9, 10:30 am, led by Nancy Robb at this Zoom link: https://tinyurl.com/bp69bjb8 - The book to be discussed is Ta-Nehisi Coates The Message. All are welcome. Attached is the link to the 2026 Book Reads slated for discussion,
Thursday morning’s All-Member Zoom is happening as usual this Thursday, December 11 at 9:30 am. Sue Lerner will send out the link and questions on Wednesday.
Sunday Arboretum Walk, December 14, led by Richard Zerbe. Meet at 9 am at the Arboretum’s Graham Visitors Center.
From Debbie Ward: If you already volunteered a holiday story and I haven't responded, please remind me. I may have displaced it while on vacation over Thanksgiving and I apologize. We have two great stories for our December Storytelling session on December 18th at 4 pm. I would love to see two more stories from members that relate to the winter holidays. Have you ever had a New Year's Resolution go wonky or make a huge difference in your life? Have you had a funny (or tragic) cooking event when 20 people are ready to gather in an hour for you to feed them? Has a gift, given or received, been hysterically wrong...or right? Was there a learning from your holiday tradition that has been especially meaningful? Or...Please be in touch with a story from your life. Thanks. debbieward222@gmail.com or call or text to 415-686-0941.
Sharing
Connie Glinsmann invites us to see the exhibit Small Wonders at the Fogue Gallery in Georgetown, 5519 Airport Way. It runs December 4 – 31. If you can, come on out Saturday December 13th from 5-9 to meet the artists, have a drink, and say hello to Connie. This is your chance to buy small pieces of art and jewelry at affordable prices. Fogue is a gallery featuring the work of artists 50 and over.
A delightful (and delightfully relevant) humorous essay by Dave Barry was shared by members Carla McLean and Ann Lawrence: https://open.substack.com/pub/davebarry/p/my-brain?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
From gardener Rick Grossman comes this review of the best plant identification apps: https://tinyurl.com/2w4utpuk