Dear Members, Guests and Friends,
DTM Mary Helen gave a Quechuan invocation (mostly in English). Note of interest: Bolivian Quechua speakers range from 2.3 to 2.8 million, making it the most indigenous language in Bolivia, slightly greater than Aymara, with roughly 2 million speakers in Bolivia. They live in the Andean highlands (Altiplano).
TM Tom led us with profound quotes eliciting profound revelations...
* DTM Jim D. pondered about when the witching hour happens in Alaska when they have 24-hour daylight. Hmmmm. They save it for January, when they have 24-hour darkness.
* I, Ana, have had many 'wobblies' during the witching hour when my children were growing up which led me to lots of wobbly hangovers. I Won Best Table Topics Award.
* TM Jose stated that just as all storm clouds have silver linings, all thorns have a rose and his arms bled profusely as he mowed the lawn back in days of yore.
* TM Jim G. avoids counterfeits in distilleries, he lucidly looks for the jug labeled "The Real McCoy".
* TM BeckyJo spent the 50s in a stream of consciousness followed by the 60s being influenced and stays on track to avoid wobblies while changing horses in midstream.
* TM Pam avoids a dying duck in a thunderstorm because she instinctively knows that golfers holding metal clubs are sitting ducks for a bolt out of the blue.
* DTM Mary Helen passed the buck to TM Chris who warned us to avoid dark horses which are very fast and will undoubtedly win the race.
We went on to our prepared speeches....
* TM Val's outstanding icebreaker told us about pivotal moments in her life when she followed a feather trail at the Atlanta Olympics and filled in ancestry gaps a month ago in Ghana. She Won Best Speaker Award. Val is the author of Following a Feather Trail, Valeria V. Cordi Cray, https://a.co/d/6RiB2Ds.
* TM Pam started off with weird art, followed by pulled hamstrings from a stationary kayak and ending up with a claustrophobic magnetic resonance imaging of very weird art.
As far as evaluations go....
* DTM Jim D. praised TM Val for her lucidity, her self-confidence, her poise and her impeccable timing. He Won Best Evaluator Award.
* I, Ana, commended TM Pam for speaking comfortably as if she's sitting in her living room, which she is. She also mastered screensharing images.
TM Aleta lucidly kept us on time while ironically she has a wall clock background which reflects the local time in New Zealand. Just to keep us on our toes.
Technical Tip: Look up old speeches in the EarlyBirds blog and send them to TM Jim G. or TM Chris. who will replay them when we end early.
The Word of the Day was
LUCIDITY, noun
1. Clarity of expression, intelligibility
2. Ability to think clearly, especially in intervals between confusion and insanity.
3. Bright, luminous
Example: TM Jim G. experienced moments of lucidity while dwelling with chaotic Italian cows.
Here is the link to the recording:
See you next week!
Ana
Recap Writer
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