Dear Members, Guests and Friends,
Returning TM Paula led us with elaborate but not shallow, frivolous Table Topics. We slowly discovered that...
Alonso del Rio, Andean medicine music man, inhaled a lot of funny things while elaborating theories for Table Topic use, such as Pachamama and Pachakamaq, spirit and matter, the invisible path and absolute and relative unity. Get it, people??? Alll joking aside, Paula did a great job at Table Topics and stirred our brains into motion.
* TM Chris listens to her mind so as to avoid wrecking her body, dreams of running without a bum knee.
* TM Jose has transcended from material cares to spiritual cares but mostly has become a paella foodie.
* TM Emmanuel (Manny) firmly states that habits are the great teachers of the heart so he's elaborating new habits for 2024.
* TM Aleta has enrolled in Psychotherapy to discern why They Call the Wind Mariah. The wind - both beautiful and whistling with destruction in its path.
* TM Jim G. reminisced of old days when he heard My Peace I Give You, My Peace I Take From You in the House of the Rising Sun.
* I, Ana, am still trying to elaborate who I was, who I am, who I will be, when I will find that last object I lost and be able to improve my daily puzzle ..ment. I Won Best Table Topics Award.
The last one was Wisdom Costs Flesh and Heart but we were ... saved by the bell! Pfiiuuuu.....!
As far as prepared speeches go...
* TM Ricardo reminded us of the ephemeral quality of life when flying around in a home-made motorized lawn chair and a striped awning. Thank God he's now improved the ultralight trike by using a sturdier beach chair and a polkadot awning.
* TM Jim G. gave us his annual rendition of A Visit from St. Nicholas, of questionable authorship but with Jim G. copyrighted superb, timeless multifaceted backdrops. He Won Best Speaker Award.
And then came the awaited evaluations....
* DTM Mary Helen praised TM Ricardo for speech technique experimentation and for surprising the audience with exciting adventures. She can only anticipate the next speech will be Snow Skiing Ahead of an Avalanche in Kilimanjaro". We can't wait!
* TM Terri appreciated TM Jim G. (aka St Nick) for his enthusiasm, his baritone voice and for bringing a timeless poem to life in front of our very eyes. She Won Best Evaluator Award.
The Word of the Day was
ELABORATE, verb or adjective
Verb: to develop or present an idea in detail. Example: She planned an elaborate wedding celebration and now is planning an elaborate divorce commemoration.
Adjective: involving many carefully arranged parts or details. Example: The elaborate Edible Arrangement was devoured in an instant.
Merry Christmas! Feliz Navidad! Joyeux Noel! Buon Natale! S Rozhdestvom! (for our missing Russian guests)
See you next week!
Ana I.
Elaborate Recap Writer (methinks)
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