Dear Members, Guests and Friends,
TM Pam inspired us with a Unitarian Universalist invocation this morning.
TM Ricardo then activated our brain cells by having us reminisce about different aspects of travel....
* DTM Jim D's 2 best trips were a transatlantic cruise where he and his beloved tied the knot at 20 knots in the high seas, and a Danube River cruise - both accompanied by the best travel companion ...
* DTM Mary Helen's cruise tips is don't buy the drink package or you'll get chronically tipsy and resign yourself to a weight gain of 5 to 10 lbs. It's just a must with cruises...
* TM The Tom enjoyed hiking mountain passes in Colorado and narrowly avoided addiction to the brisk pine mountain air.
* I, Ana, had a special feeling in Gdansk, the cradle of Solidarity, the movement started by Lech Walesa which marked the crumbling of Communism. I Won Best Table Topics Award.
* TM BeckyJo went whitewater rafting in Alaska and got pulled over and across the frigid river on a puny stirrup, risking death by hypothermia. Definitely not on her list of repeats!
* TM Pam thanks her lucky stars that her granddaughter's first tooth fell noisily on the hardwood floor or her stay in California would have been indefinitely extended till it showed up!
* TM Randolph and his wife had a memorable time in the Florida Keys, renting beach cruisers and scooters and acting like kids when they were vacationing without kids!
We had two colorful prepared speeches...
* TM Jose gave a great musical rendition of a Spanish song inviting us to go to Pamplona and run with the bulls, those 1,000 lb creatures that can be deterred by smacking them in the nose with a rolled newspaper - yeah, right!! He Won Best Speaker and Best Singer Award.
* TM Aleta rewrote her leadership style speech and portrayed herself as a maniacal psycho drill sargeant who throws terrific family reunion parties. It's all worth it!
As far as evaluations go...
* TM Marie praised TM Jose for his outstanding descriptive language and for reinforcing her determination to altogether avoid Pamplona in July at all costs! She Won Best Evaluator Award.
* TM The Tom thoroughly enjoyed TM Aleta's authoritarian style because he agrees it's the only way to get things done with passive, disorganized family members.
TM Ricardo announced that he will be on a cruise next week and contrary to DTM Mary Helen's suggestion, he bought the drinking package so let's prepare to give him a list of meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous - and the Keto diet - when he returns.
The Word of the Day was
NOETIC, adj
Of or relating to the mind
Example: Today's meeting explored noetic concepts we had never noetted about before.
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See you next week!
Ana
Recap Writer
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