Dear Members, Guests and Friends,
TM Chris, shaker and mover, got us moving in various directions. We found out that...
* TM Terri does not have moving in her genes but treasures her childhood pictures which miraculously made it out of Hersheytown, Cuba.
* TM Aleta's longest moves were back and forth between Pennsylvania and Florida, with lots of uncluttering along the way.
* TM Cory's shortest move was at age 20 when he moved 2 blocks from his Mom who visited every day, till he springboarded to Portland, Oregon.
* TM Paolo just went through a harrowing transatlantic flight with 6 bambini in tow so he wants to stay put for a while.
* Guest Jean's easiest move was from Europe to Florida. His father helped and besides, he had beaucoup des francs a depenser (translation: quite a bunch of French francs to convert to dollars).
* I, Ana, do NOT like to move - miscellaneous objects live in perpetuity in my home so the Gulds are bringing their rnadoms and extras over. I Won Best Table Topics Award.
Then came the outstanding prepared speeches...
* TM Jose took us on a scintillating trip aided by seamless visual/audio aids to Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (coloquially known as Thailand) and a few of the islands they visited - they had 1400 to choose from, as well as near-passing trains. TM Jose and the entire Club is planning to visit the Gulds' Cruise in Phuket in November 2026. Jose won Best Speaker Award.
* TM Marie expertly showed us ways to turn our energy from negative to positive, ignore the external narcissism and find the silver lining in every storm cloud.
Regarding the evaluations...
* The Tom Quinn praised TM Jose's presentation skills as simply magic. He wants MORE, MORE, MORE! He Won Best Evaluator Award.
* First-time Evaluator TM Cory admired TM Marie's self-confidence, great energy, audience engagement and the ability to pose serious questions in a very gentle tone. Great job, Cory!
ALERT FOR TM BECKYJO: The Oxford Dictionary has officially recognized -and listed- the formerly slangy GONNA.
The Word of the Day was
SCINTILLA, noun
Very small amount of something
Spark, flash
Example: EarlyBirds has way more than a scintilla of humor and joy to start us right on any given Thursday morning.
Here's the link to the recording:
See you next week!
Ana
VP Education
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