This Tuesday’s Theme suggested by John Sleeman was “An Attitude of Gratitude“, in keeping with the spirit of the season of Thanksgiving. Actually, this attitude is appropriate for us in this fortunate area in this fortunate state and country, at any time. We are lucky to live here, and should remember all those who are struggling …
Month: November 2020
Sometimes a theme of a Toastmaster meeting continues to be discussed after the meeting. In October Hal Huntly suggested “Bridges” as the theme of our meeting. There are just plain old bridges that go over small creeks and rivers that some people may not even notice. On the other end of the scale are magnificent …
Last Tuesday the theme of our meeting was “Thanksgiving Prep”. Thanksgiving is the biggest holiday in USA after Christmas, and today we have travel restrictions again because of COVID-19. Phil Cosby (our Toastmaster of the meeting) was wandering during the last days “what he was going to do during the holidays”. So, he suggested to …
In July Robbie Prohaska presented “The K-Cup Craze” speech (Level 1, Research and Presenting). She started to collect K-Cups for her art project and realized that not all K-Cups made the same. She collected approximately 500 K-Cups. Some of these cups have filters, some of them are recyclable with a foil lid, some of them …
“Time” is unlimited open theme for a Toastmaster’s meeting. But the word of the meeting this Tuesday was also boundless – “space”. The theme was not about “Daylight Saving Time ends” disaster which makes us tweaking and adjusting our “inner clocks”, sleep pattern, clocks and other devices to standard time, and darkness falling one hour …
Mickie Winkler has published a book recently – “Politics, Police and Other Earthling Antics”. She is irreverent writer of short humor as she calls herself. In this book she has wondered whether there is intelligent life on earth or not. The book is a collection of short stories reflecting on the unique and baffling habits …
The theme of our last meeting was “Cravings!”. The word of the day was “desire” (verb, noun). A food craving is an intense desire for a specific food. This topic came up naturally after the Halloween when a lot of sweets left and you sit and chew them in your mouth and can’t stop. It’s …
“The 40th Anniversary” comes up from time to time during our meetings. Two weeks ago, the Sunset club asked about sharing our Anniversary email list. Was our Anniversary celebration successful? It looks like – Yes! This year we celebrated the 40th Anniversary of our club – SRI Organon Toastmasters. Our club was chartered on February …