Monday Morning Memo - 10.26.2026

Wider Horizons Events and Information

  1. The Healthy Aging Zoom is Wednesday, October 28, at 4:30 pm. Topic: The Uses and Abuses of Medical Testing. The link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83967519884?pwd=oRvXsaDJbKdjmo1nRONQnTaEbANlvY.1

  2. Thursday Morning All-Member Zoom Dialogue, Thursday, October 29. Here is the Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83029337739?pwd=EWrFhZzKWbSSL6mdbLlouv18x00bNv.1&jst=1  The invitation and discussion questions are attached. 

  3. Join the Arboretum Walk, led by Barbara Klube, Sunday, November 1. Meet at 9 am at the Arboretum’s Graham Visitors Center.

  4. Happy Hour at Jimmy’s, Sunday, November 1, 4:00 pm.

Sharing

  1. Here’s a link to an interesting photo of a spider web shot by Micki Lippe:  Spider Web.jpg

  2. From Carla McLean: WH members may be less likely to be gun owners than the average American but this article points out some of the inherent problems: When a Gun Owner Shows Early Signs of Dementia https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/17/well/family/firearms-elderly-dementia-risks-prevention.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KVE.LUOh.HQ1pFoRkkmu4&smid=nytcore-android-share 

  3. Gray Wilson sings in a French choir that is performing at the Lutheran Church on the NE corner of 10th Ave E and E Highland – right across from my apartment building. Won’t you join me to hear her at 7 pm on Saturday, December 5? A flyer is attached.

  4. Rick Grossman shared an article to help us protect ourselves from financial scams: https://theconversation.com/ai-is-supercharging-money-scams-heres-what-you-can-do-to-protect-yourself-291326?utm_medium=article_native_share&utm_source=theconversation.com

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