Friday, April 14, 2023

April 14 email for Monday's Meeting

Hi, All.

How are you?


This letter has various types of information so please skip down to the one/s of interest. You don’t need to be a member to enjoy our resources and information posted on our website at https://table-talk-celebrate.blogspot.com.


TOPICS:

1. Upcoming Meeting

2. We need to talk…

3. A few topics


1. Upcoming Meeting


The next meeting is scheduled for Monday at 7PM in the Rappahannock Room on April 17.


2. We need to talk…


We are a small group and I enjoy our conversations. That said, we’ll have to decide if we want to go forward with our application to Charter. Let’s talk about it Monday night.


3. A few topics


We talked about a few of our favorite local rides and sights and I’m including them below.


Scenic Drives and Sights:

For cherry blossoms, go to Tenley Ave. in Kenwood, MD. Streets are lined with the trees and there isn’t as much traffic as in DC.


Burnside Farms Tulip Festival April 4th until April 26th (end date estimated)

BURNSIDE FARMS, 11008 KETTLE RUN RD., NOKESVILLE, VA 20181 Included in admission: play area for children, 5 free stems/flowers per person, purchase bulbs and stems. Buy tickets in advance on their site.

https://www.burnsidefarms.com/spring


The National Audiovisual Conservation Center, also known as the Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation, is the Library of Congress's audiovisual archive located inside Mount Pony in Culpeper, Virginia. 

https://www.loc.gov/programs/audio-visual-conservation/about-this-program/packard-campus/


Old House Vineyards, 18351 Corkys Ln, Culpeper, VA

Barrel Oak Winery 3623 Grove Lane, Delaplane, VA

Government Island, Aquia - granite was mined for the Capitol Building. See https://www.aoc.gov/explore-capitol-campus/blog/cornerstone-american-history


Website:

The American Library Association has a website devoted to banned books. https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks  


Videos:

How Ikea was invented - a YouTube parody https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSR-jtuVU1c


Streaming TV:

  • AppleTV: Ted Lasso
  • PBS (free to stream if you’re a donor): Call the Midwife (also on Amazon Prime)
  • National Geographic show about animals and their gestation periods

If you visited, read or watched any of the above, it’ll be interesting to hear what you think of them.


Please bring a list of any of the following:

  • favorite websites
  • your subscription magazines - how did you choose and what’s important to you about them? 
  • names of a few books you’ve recently read
  • summary of recent articles of interest
  • topics on your mind

We’ll use the list to determine topics.


I hope to see you Monday night.


Cheers,

 

Marcia

 

Marcia Stein, SHRM-CP  PHR 

C   408-203-9112