Monday Morning Memo - 6.1.2026
Wider Horizons Events and Information
Welcome our newest member Julie Creahan. Here’s her brief bio: For my entire life I’ve enjoyed creative activities including cabinet making, pottery, painting, print making. I had a long career mostly with the Seattle Art Museum in the conservation department. Now that I’m retired, I spend my time visiting with my daughter, making ceramics, gardening, traveling, and I’m always interested in learning new things and meeting interesting people. Contact Julie at juliecreahan@icloud.com
Men’s Coffee, Wednesday, June 3, 10:30 am at Victrola, 411 15th Ave E. Note that the Coffee has moved from Ada’s.
Women’s Coffee, Wednesday, June 3, 10:30-12, at the home of Ellen Taussig, 748 B Boylston Ave E, 98102. Bring a treat to share. Ellen's building has an elevator. To use it, call her cell: 206 799 9157.
The All-Member Zoom is Thursday, June 4 at 9:30 am (as usual). Use this link to see the topics and the Zoom link: Invitation to this week’s Thursday Morning Dialogue A reminder will be sent on Wednesday. All are welcome!
Join the Arboretum Walk, led by Barb Klube while Dick Zerbe is recovering from a meniscus injury, Sunday, June 7. Meet at 9 am at the Arboretum’s Graham Visitors Center.
Happy Hour at Jimmy’s (Broadway at Madison), Sunday, June 7, 4 pm. If you haven’t been before, check with Denise for parking advice.
Sharing
Marge Lepley put together the attached list of organizations that accept and pick up donations. Very handy if you are downsizing!
In a similar vein, Carol Mirman recommends “Buy Nothing” https://www.realsimple.com/home-organizing/green-living/buy-nothing-groups and the little free libraries.
Wendy Carlton shared an article on keeping a sharper mind: https://open.substack.com/pub/verycryptocurrency/p/neuroscientists-studying-cognitive?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=4k0l0m
For modern poetry buffs: https://open.substack.com/pub/augmentedman/p/a-gardener-does-not-tell-the-seed-what-to-become-the-power-of-poetry?r=hzkzg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
From Ellen Taussig, https://share.google/WUUBZCbsMpN36GABJ on how to be old.
From Wolfgang Kluge comes an invite to attend the June Seattle Peace Chorus event beginning on June 12: Resilience: Dare to Dream – Seattle Peace Chorus
A great piece by Rebecca Crichton in this month’s Northwest Center for Creative Aging newsletter: What Helps? - Northwest Center for Creative Aging