Monday Morning Memo - 7.13.2026
Wider Horizons Events and Information
Book Club, led by Nancy Robb, meets on Tuesday, July 14, on Zoom at 10:30 am at this address: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89700921978?pwd=Pv95oURAr9LliTND1Lm7a6fV2fLxp8.1 The book being discussed is Playground by Richard Powers. All are welcome.
Thursday Morning All-Member Zoom Dialogue with Sue Lerner on July 16 at 9:30 am (and you don’t have to be a member to attend). Open 2 links to join the zoom meeting and follow steps 1 and 2 below. Look for a reminder on Wednesday:
Open the invitation here, then go to #2 below
Open the zoom link in the invitation
Join the Arboretum Walk, led by Richard Zerbe, Sunday, July 19. Meet at 9 am at the Arboretum’s Graham Visitors Center.
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Speaking of walks, consider joining Barbara Klube for this fun 3.1 mile (5K) walk for a good cause, plus a T-shirt—Saturday, August 8: Open the invitation here
A laugh, shared by Bill Lippe…Calming the Baby Beast: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnBau6fL8S8 – the fun begins after about 20 seconds!
Good NPR piece to listen to, about “Solo Agers”: https://www.npr.org/2026/07/09/nx-s1-5886348/solo-agers-demographics-caregiving-family-aging
A rare photo of a puffin in flight, shared by Anne Taylor, is attached. "An Atlantic puffin with a mouthful of sand eels in flight about to land on Skomer Island, Wales, UK. Skomer, off the Pembrokeshire coast, hosts a record-breaking population of more than 52,000 Atlantic puffins.” Photograph: Elli Birch/IPS/Shutterstock
Ikebana this weekend, announcement attached, shared by Susan Adler, who says, “If you’re planning to go, see if Victoria Bestock would like to join you.”