Dear Members, Guests and Friends,
Returning TM Emmanuel inspired us with an uplifting invocation. Welcome back, Manny!
I, Ana, led Table Topics about CHOICES.
* TM Emmanuel looooves cold weather, so much so that he moved to Wisconsin for a few years; however, for vacations he prefers the Caribbean.
* TM BeckyJo likes cappuccino and crumpets - or better yet, cappuccino, cappuccino, cappuccino.
* DTM Jim D. is retired and spends his days dreaming of Death by Chocolate desserts oozing fudge and chocolate syrup.
* TM Jose likes the best of both - soccer and football. It just depends which side of the pond he's on... A man for all continents!.
* DTM Mary Helen is currently a city bumpkin and enjoys watching the reservoir near her home and pretending she is a country girl.
* TM Pam is undecided whether to fly or cruise amid the invasion of iguanas that have proliferated in South Florida. She Won Best Table Topics Award.
* TM Chris likes blackjack, blackjack, blackjack and reminisces about the days when $20 could last a whole day in a Lake Tahoe casino - today a quotidian recipe for financial disaster.
Regarding the prepared speeches...
* TM Marie donned an apron and exposed us to her failed recipe for SALTIBARSCIAI (Lithuanian Cold Beet Soup) and Mrs. T's pierogis, a booming business started by Marie's great uncle's neighbor's au pair. She Won Best Speaker Award.
* TM Aleta traced her adventures in Pathways, including 17 icebreakers, where she finds that self-motivation is more challenging than encouraging others. She's currently working on her 11th - and last existing - Pathway. Editors at HQ are busy inventing more Pathways.... We love ALL your speeches, please keep them coming!
As far as evaluations go...
* TM Paolo likes 'barbabietole' (beets in Italian) and praised TM Marie for her vocal variety, tone, projection, pitch. He gave some flora decorating tips and asked her to wear a colorful chef hat, perhaps to match the beet soup color. He Won Best Evaluator Award.
* DTM Mary Helen was inspired by TM Aleta's motto 'keep on keepin' on' in spite of her non-quotidian self-doubts and praised TM Aleta's cleverness in titling her speeches to then take us in another direction and averting potential strife.
The Word of the Day was
QUOTIDIAN, adjective
Occurs every day or routinely.
We learned it in 3 languages - cotidiano (Spanish), quotidien (French) quotidiano (Italian). Step aside, Babbel!!
Example: E un evento quotidiano; Es un evento cotidiano; C'est un evenement quotidien. TM BeckyJo is a quotidian because she quotes a lot. So there!.
Here's the link to the recording:
See you next week!
Ana I.
Recap Writer
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