Spring, Mentoring and New Tricks - a fun morning at EarlyBirds!

 

Dear Members, Guests and Friends,

 

Spring has sprung!  I, Ana, led us in Springish topics.  We soon discovered that…

 

• TM Tom knows that the best formula is to bloom where you are planted.  He Won Best Table Topics Award.
• TM Jose has finally realized that the rain in Spain stays mainly in his flooded backyard.
• TM Lois affirms that spring adds new life and new beauty to all that is and stays away from gloom and doom.
• TM Randolph eliminates his morning yawn by jumping in the shower to prepare for the coming day…
• TM BeckyJo honestly does not like change but honestly does her level best to see change as a good reminder of change.
• DTM Kip grows thought-provoking weeds but mostly focuses on watering the flowers his wife plants.
• TM Aleta agrees that old fashioned fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat, especially after a Southwestern Pennsylvania winter…
• TM Paolo is doubly grateful for his health and his beautiful six Italian flowers that are waiting eagerly for him!

 

Along came our prepared speeches…

 

• TM Chris reinforced the idea that mentoring – and being mentored- is the name of life’s game.  Her project showed us how to take some control of the surrounding gallery when screen sharing.  She Won Best Speaker Award.
• TM Carmine nonchalantly displayed weeds, cosmos, ethereal, bridge-crossing and blurred virtual backgrounds.  Moral of the story:  old dogs CAN learn new tricks!

 

As far as evaluations go….

 

• TM Aleta commended TM Chris for her technical prowess, expertise, clear and deliberate tech wizard finger pointing – and that’s before TM Chris went wild and started impersonating animal cartoons in front of our very eyes!  She Won Best Evaluator Award.
• DTM Kip implored TM Carmine to dive into Pathways or meet him at Benny’s to be dragged kicking and screaming into the Pathways he’s always wanted to be.

 

The Word of the Day was

 

DOOMSCROLLING, verb

The practice of obsessively checking online news in search of negativity.  This creates a compulsive craving for more hard core.  The antidote is goodscrolling, dumbscrolling or glowscrolling – checking out little critters from God’s animal kingdom frolicking in green pastures (before you know it, it will be nighttime and another day wasted away).

 

A few photos from yesterday https://photos.app.goo.gl/BMKK6TzuXnfHiJtB8

 

Here’s the link to the recording:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XT0x0D0vfA

 

 

See you next week!

 

Ana I.

Recap Writer