Monday Morning Memo - 3.2.2026
Wider Horizons Events and Information
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.
Thursday morning’s All-Member Zoom is happening as usual this Thursday, March 5 at 9:30 am. Sue Lerner will send out the link and questions on Wednesday.
Reminder about the events on Saturday, March 7 honoring John Rochford:
10:30 am - Mass at St. Joseph's Catholic Church; 732 18th Ave E, Seattle
1:00 pm - Celebration of Life @ Queen City Yacht Club; 2608 Boyer Ave E, Seattle
Join the Arboretum Walk, led by Dick Zerbe, Sunday, March 8. Meet at 9 am at the Arboretum’s Graham Visitors Center.
Scrabble (and perhaps other games), will be Thursday, March 12 at Peggy O'Donnell's house. Come at noon for a potluck lunch and at 1:00 pm for Scrabble and perhaps other games. Please RSVP to Debbie Ward (debbieward222@gmail.com) so we can have enough Scrabble boards. Also, let her know if you'd like to play a different game and what game that would be. This is part of our new plan to play on the second Thursday of the month and to offer an option of table games other than Scrabble. Peggy’s address: 4975 13th Ave S, Seattle WA 98108
At great expense and effort, and with the stimulating ambassadorship and creative genius of Andy Miller, we’ve arranged for the cast of the internationally acclaimed Seattle Moisture Festival to perform for us at the Seattle Broadway Performance Hall on April 2 at 7:30 pm. See the attached flyer for more information.
Michael and Beret Kischner have moved (to Aljoya near Northgate). Here is their new contact information:
Michael and Beret Kischner
450 NE 100th St. Apartment 729
Seattle, WA 98125
Phone #s are unchanged, with Michael’s cell # the better to use: 206 696 4090
Sharing
Carla McLean has an article is on page 8 of the March issue of the Retiree Advocate (Puget Sound Advocates for Retirement Action, PSARA) Attached. Carla says, I hope you read it. It's important information, and not just for WA state residents.
From Judy Wohlberg: A collection of poetry and short prose is being collected from elders in Washington State to be published in an upcoming book, Elder Voices. March 31st is the deadline for submissions. Here's a link: https://pci.wwu.edu/guidelines-elder-voices-project-too-two-second-anthology