Monday Morning Memo - 5.26.2025
Wider Horizons Events and Information
Marion Makin’s Memorial Service this Tuesday, May 27 at 1 pm at the Graham Visitors Center in the Arboretum.
The Healthy Aging Zoom workshop is on Wednesday, May 28th at 4:30 pm. The topic is Dementia Planning, including a detailed Dementia Planning Questionnaire we’ve created for you. The link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83967519884?pwd=oRvXsaDJbKdjmo1nRONQnTaEbANlvY.1
Thursday morning’s All-Member Zoom is happening, per usual, this Thursday, May 29 at 9:30 am. Sue Lerner will send out the link and questions on Wednesday.
Sunday Arboretum Walk, Sunday, June 1, led by Dick Zerbe. Meet at 9 am at the Graham Visitors Center.
Happy Hour at Jimmy’s, Sunday, June 1, 4 pm.
There are still some spaces left in the Poetry Reading Group that meets on the first Monday of each month, beginning June 2, 10:30 am to noon on Zoom. Contact Margret Buchmann if you think you might be interested: margretbuch@icloud.com and she will send you the link.
Ellen Taussig invites fellow insomniacs (occasional or chronic) to come to a one-time Happy Hour at her home (maybe sleepover? just kidding). Thursday, June 26, 4:00-6:00 pm. Drinks/snacks provided but if you want alcohol, bring it. RSVP to Ellen: ejtaussig@gmail.com
Sharing
Loads of good ideas for brain health, all in one place: 17 Ways to Protect Your Brain (Starting Now) | Super Age
Shared by Andy Miller…Dance performance of “Elysium: Leviticus or Love and to walk amongst HU- MANS! (Book II)” by dani tirrell and collaborators: May 29-31; Kubota Garden, 9817 55th Ave. S., Seattle; free; accessibility info: www.kubotagarden.org/visit ; 206- 217-9886, www.ontheboards.org Here is a link to a longer piece explaining more of the background of this cutting-edge work: https://tinyurl.com/ycyhd77v