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 …
Congratulations to the club for having achieved Gold status.This award recognizes clubs that allowed online attendance between January 1 and June 30, 2020 and achieved four or more education goals (traditional, Pathways, or a combination). Clubs that achieved 4-5 education goals are awarded Silver status. Clubs that achieved 6 or more education goals are awarded …
Toastmasters is Communication and Leadership. When people hear the word “Toastmasters”, they may think, “Communication.” They’d be right, of course, but that’s only half the story. The other half is, “Leadership.” Toastmasters can teach us to become competent, organized leaders. Those who participate in the leadership track as a club officer take full advantage of …
Ky-Van Lee places 1st in the District 4 Evaluation Contest. Wow! I am so impressed with Ky-Van Lee’s evaluation skills. Apparently District 4 contest judges were impressed too as she took 1st Place in the district competition, making her the best in District 4 which covers Los Altos North to San Francisco. Her positive energy …
Opening the Door to Opportunity was last week’s meeting theme, and it generated some interesting food for thought. That is, how do we tune ourselves to recognize opportunity when it does knock on our door? How do we know if we actually should open the door? John pointed out that not all opportunities are worth …
What’s better than a Black Friday or Cyber Monday sale? The annual club White Elephant Sale!I scored big time with some golf balls/ T’s and a Sharks Bobble Head from Hal and some colorful felted decor from John. All for under $10!Olga walked away with an Alexander McQueen scarf for only $10! Woefully, I was …