Dear Members, Guests and Friends,
TM Chris led us in a Daoist inspiring Invocation about Letting Go.
*TM Paolo incited us to stop acting like chickens and join the Mile-High Club. He Won Best Speaker Award.
*TM The Tom told us the rest of the story about the Airport Advisory Board bully who became the Hospital Noise Abatement Challenger. He Won Best Speaker Award.
* TM BeckyJo led us in Round Robin evaluations...
* TM Gail thought both speakers were the ultimate raconteurs.
* TM Marie praised TM Paolo for his passion and TM The Tom for his eloquence. She Won Best Round /Robin Evaluator Award.
* TM Aleta soars like eagles and faces up to bullies.
* TM Terri liked TM Paolo's energy and TM The Tom's emphasis.
* DTM Mary Helen is going to read the referenced Awareness book again.
* TM Ana discovered she is hard of hearing...
* TM BeckyJo praised TM Paolo for reinventing himself and TM The Tom for reinventing the bully.
TM Terri led us in miscellaneous slides of Table Topics....
* TM Marie indicated that she wears her heart on her sleeve, not in her hand. It's all a matter of perception!
* DTM Mary Helen said glittering city lights remind her of telenovelas where the maid always elopes with the owner's son and lives unahappily ever after...
* TM Aleta told us through chattering teeth about the heavily weighted snowy branches in her icy driveway where the pizza delivery guy skidded his way to the door.
* I, Ana, reminisced about Lake Titicaca in the Bolivian Andes and Lake Michigan, in the icy shores of Chicagoland. I Won Best Table Topics Award.
* TM Gail has taken many pictures of lighthouses while growing up by the sea, cherished memories of Jonathan Livingston Seagull.
* TM Pam is an easily diverted time waster who currently spends her precious time contemplating kitten watercolor painting techniques. She promises to stop.
* TM BeckyJo used to play 'red light, green light' with Sunday school children and concluded that boys are wiggly and girls are staid until they discover boys and become wigglers too.
The Word of the Day was
RACONTEUR, noun
A person who tells anecdotes in a skillful and amusing way.
Example: In Toastmasters we become witty raconteurs and effective public speakers. Yes, sireeee!
The link to the recording is
See you next week!
Ana
Recap Raconteur
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