Hi, All.
I hope you’re well. I’m ready for Spring: how about you?
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TOPICS:
1. Meeting Schedule
2. A few topics from the last meeting and for upcoming meetings
1. Meeting Schedule: Save the dates
We have a small group, room for more, and it’s one of the activities people can join if they’re still working. All are welcome!
Meetings are scheduled for the following Mondays at 7PM in the Rappahannock Room.
February 19
March 4 - Bill and I will be out of town but you can still use the room for visiting and conversation
March 18
2. A few topics from the last meeting and our upcoming meeting
Our last meeting was scheduled for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, and because it was snowing, we cancelled that meeting. I refer you to that post at if you’d like to view the links.
Here’s what I’ve read, watched or listened to lately. Maybe there’s a topic of interest for you.
- Jeff Stein [no relation] - national security reporter and contributes to military.com - on SpyTalk Substack https://www.spytalk.co/. The articles and experts are fascinating.
- Military News reports on issues facing our military and world events
- MEMRI Middle East Media Research Institute -https://www.memri.org/ - articles and videos - MEMRI bridges the language gap between the West and the Middle East and South Asia, providing timely translations of Arabic, Farsi, Urdu-Pashtu, Dari, Turkish, Russian, and Chinese media, as well as original analysis of political, ideological, intellectual, social, cultural, and religious trends to the governments of the U.S. and its allies, and to their counterterrorism officials, law enforcement agencies, militaries, and other authorities.”
- Podcast: All There is with Anderson Cooper - interviews about dealing with grief. This is Season 2 and it’s hitting home for me. The first link is to Apple, the second is to his page on CNN with audio. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-there-is-with-anderson-cooper/id1643163707 https://www.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/all-there-is-with-anderson-cooper
- Podcast: Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus. She interviews well-known famous older women about their lives and what we can learn as we age. The first link is also to Apple and you can find her on her website, as well. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wiser-than-me-with-julia-louis-dreyfus/id1678559416 https://lemonadamedia.com/show/wiser-than-me-with-julia-louis-dreyfus/
The University of Mary Washington’s Crawley Great Lives series is listed at https://www.umw.edu/greatlives. In-person lectures are listed along with videos of past lectures. I have watched several and found them worthwhile. If enough of you are interested, maybe we can have a field trip.
The link for the Road Scholar course called Spies, Lies & Intelligence: The World of International Espionage has a book list is at https://www.roadscholar.org/find-an-adventure/16126/Spies-Lies-Intelligence-The-World-of-International-Espionage. Just scroll down to the “Reading List” link in red font and you’ll find the books. Several are older and there are lots of related books if you look on Amazon.
Film: “The River and the Wall” documentary can be viewed in full for free on YouTube. Please do a search online because when I try to add the link, it inserts the movie, a no-no for a mailing list like this.
Books:
James Gilbert lives here and has two books listed on Amazon about military intelligence. You can see his author’s link at https://www.amazon.com/stores/James-L.-Gilbert/author/B001HMLEQ4?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1707697789&sr=8-1&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true. The local library may have them.
Virginia Hall, a spy in WWII, has had several books written about her and you can find them on Amazon. The one that was recommended was “A Woman of No Importance” by Sonia Purnell.
Medical: the following 2 paragraphs have medical links. As with our other links to medical options, please discuss ideas and possible changes with your doctor. We are not in a position to give anymore medical advice.
We discussed alternates to prescription medicines and sound wave treatment (Rife) utilizing frequencies to treat conditions. You can search for videos on YouTube.
I like The People’s Pharmacy at https://www.peoplespharmacy.com/ for articles and podcasts.
I hope to see you on Monday, February 19.
Cheers,
Marcia
Marcia Stein, SHRM-CP PHR