Monday Morning Memo - 2.23.2026
Wider Horizons Events and Information
Welcome our newest member Randy Sugarman: At 84, I still work as a self-employed forensic accountant (CPA) and as a federal bankruptcy trustee. I travel to clients' operations, run operating businesses, and testify in court. I am a foodie and a wine lover. I just moved into the Angeline Apartments and am getting to know Columbia City. I just joined a chair exercise class at the Southeast Seattle Senior Center. The best way to contact Randy is by phone: 415 314-6566. His email address is sugarmanco@gmail.com.
Women’s Coffee, Wednesday, March 4, 10:30 am at Barbara Schwartz’s Capitol Hill home, 934 - 21st Ave E. Bring your favorite breakfast treat to share!
Men’s Coffee at Ada’s, 425 - 15th Ave E, Wednesday, March 4, 10:30 am.
The Healthy Aging Zoom Workshop is Wednesday, February 25th at 4:30 pm on Zoom. The topic: “The Bionic Human is Alive and Well…!!”: Knee and Hip Replacements. The link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83967519884?pwd=oRvXsaDJbKdjmo1nRONQnTaEbANlvY.1
Thursday morning’s All-Member Zoom is happening as usual this Thursday, February 26 at 9:30 am. Sue Lerner will send out the link and questions on Wednesday.
Join the Arboretum Walk, led by Dick Zerbe, Sunday, March 1. Meet at 9 am at the Arboretum’s Graham Visitors Center.
Happy Hour at Jimmy’s (Broadway and Madison) Sunday, March 1, 4 pm. Let me know if you’re planning to come for the first time and I’ll provide tips.
Sharing
Wolfgang Kluge recommends the upcoming performances of Choir of the Sound, the choir he used to sing with. The two performances of Peace and Light are at St. Mark’s Cathedral on Saturday, March 7 at 7 pm and on Sunday, March, 8 at 3 pm. For details, see www.choirofthesound.org
On March 29, at 7 pm, at Parlour Wines (1803 – 42nd Ave E), Madison Books is sponsoring a launch party to celebrate the publication of member Patricia Henley’s 5th collection of short stories, Apple & Palm. Madison Books asks that you register if you plan to attend. Patricia says: I hope you will support me in this endeavor! With a university press book, it takes a village. For more information: https://www.madisonbks.com/
An amazingly detailed article, filled with wonderful graphics illustrating the points: Aging in Place Home Modifications: Room-by-Room Tour | Wirecutter