Dear Members, Guests and Friends,
TM Emmanuel led us in a heartfelt, moving invocation.
TM Val started us off with very intriguing quotes, and we soon learned that...
* TM Marie - unlike the rest of us- doesn't really know where she's going but it definitely won't be boring, only an adventure in acceptance and surrender!
* TM Emmanuel stated that every year we age, grow and mature - although some years we regress back just a little (or a lot on leap years)
* TM BeckyJo is not emptying her junk drawer but is selling her friends' junk stored in her garage. She has finally realized that her friends are not coming back to claim anything. She Won Best Table Topics Award.
* TM Aleta is a monkey hopping from tree to tree in the backyard of her life; other times she floats like a bubble over the ocean blue in hopes of making it back to solid ground.
* TM Tom used to spend New Year's Day stuck to the tv watching football but now he's only stuck to us EarlyBirds for the peak of the week.
* DTM Jim D. thinks these are the best of times and these are the worst of times, as was accurately predicted in A Tale of Many Cities.
Regarding our prepared speeches....
* TM Maria gave an outstanding humorous icebreaker where she told us that some people get jokes, some people tell jokes, some people are a joke!! Truer words were never spoken. Good job, Maria!
* DTM Mary Helen revealed her many alter egos and it turns out she's a former prostitute and nun/sleuth who eats a lot of bacon from Pigs Plus Farm. She Won Best Speaker Award.
And then came evaluations....
* DTM Jim D. praised TM Maria for her good clarity and diction, audience awareness, comfort level and suggested she look directly at the camera, not at the paint smudge on her upper right hand corner wall.
* TM Aleta is honored to evaluate a pro such as Mary Helen and is convinced Mary Helen will become a detective nun in 2023. She Won Best Evaluator Award.
The Word of the Day was
WOMAN, noun
None other than the most researched, vilified, commended, rescinded, offended, reprimanded, transgendered, politicized, ostracized, sexified word of the year. No one knows what the real definition is but everyone adds their two cents just in case.
Example: I am woman - hear me roar!!
Link to the recording:
Respectfully submitted,
Ana I.
Woman Recap Roaring Writer
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