Author Topic: Introductions...Please click here and tell us about YOU! (Read 199292 times)

Pat · « **Reply #280 on:** December 15, 2009, 11:03:00 PM »

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Interested in the Latin classes? Come to our information pages: http://www.seniorlearn.org/classics or our Questions about the Latin classes discussion: http://seniorlearn.org/forum/index.php?topic=1044.0 or email classicsproject@gmail.com

rich7 · « **Reply #281 on:** December 16, 2009, 09:14:27 AM »

Ginny and Marcie,

Thank you both for the welcome. All the time I thought it was you folks who were homeless, but it was actually me who was wandering in the wilderness. I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE YOU WERE! I stumbled onto this site completely by accident.

As soon as I figure out this website, I'll go to the books section. I'm currently reading Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton by Edward Rice. What an incredible life he led.

Hello again, everyone!

Rich

joangrimes · « **Reply #282 on:** December 16, 2009, 07:25:18 PM »

Welcome Rich. So glad that you found us and hope to see you in many of the discussions.

Joan Grimes

JoanK · « **Reply #283 on:** December 16, 2009, 07:48:43 PM »

WELCOME BACK, RICH AND DEB!!!

Tweety · « **Reply #284 on:** December 29, 2009, 01:37:04 PM »

Hi. I am Cathy. Robby recommended that I check out this site. I love learning about the past. I have a BA in history. I love to read and crochet. I have a new yorky puppy who keeps me very busy. Look forward to chatting. Happy New Year![color]

joangrimes · « **Reply #285 on:** December 29, 2009, 06:19:07 PM »

Welcome Tweety!!

I am happy to be able to welcome you to Seniorlearn. We all enjoy books here. I hope that you will jump right in and join our discussions. come by the Library and recommend some of your favorite books to us. We are always looking for new books to read.

Looking forward to getting to know you.

Joan Grimes

Robby · « **Reply #286 on:** December 29, 2009, 08:49:15 PM »

Hi, Tweety!! Glad you found us. Folks, let me introduce you to Tweety. She lives in the same Warrenton, Virginia area where I am. She has been having a hard time lately. Her right arm is in a sling from surgery and I have no idea how she was able to type. She suffers from chronic pain which often has her feeling depressed. I learned that she has a degree in history so I suugested that she join us to help keep her mind off her pain and, in addition, find friends who, like herself, like history.

Tweety, I am suggesting that you enter the discussion section and find the discussion, Story of Civilization, where you will find me again and you can join the conversation. If you have difficulty finding SofC, I'm sure your new friends here will help you.

Robby

JoanK · « **Reply #287 on:** December 29, 2009, 09:44:17 PM »

WELCOME, TWEETY. Do come into the home page and see which discussions interest you. In addition to Story of Civilization, we often read books (fiction and nonfiction) that get into historical subjects. Two are scheduled for January: we're going to discuss Rudyard Kipling's "Kim" so some of us are boning up on The (spying) Game" going on in India at that time.

In nonfiction, we are reading Bruce Feller arguing the influence of Moses on America's values and history.

On a lighter note, we have an ongoing discussion of nonfiction (usually history or biography) we have read, as well as fiction, mysteries, sci-fi, and foreign works.

No matter what your reading tastes, you can find fellow readers here.

marcie · « **Reply #288 on:** December 29, 2009, 11:33:47 PM »

Welcome Tweety. I'm glad that Robby suggested you look for us. It's very nice to meet another reader. I've only crocheted a few things and would like to do more.

Pedasi · « **Reply #289 on:** January 18, 2010, 01:08:23 PM »

Hi..first I must say I am not a senior but am hoping that will not exclude me from the site. I am a 39 woman and was searching the internet for latin classes available in my area, Tampa, Florida. I have been unsuccessful to date and this site came up on google when I was searching. Any information or references would be appreciated.

ginny · « **Reply #290 on:** January 18, 2010, 07:41:03 PM »

Welcome, Pedasi, we are delighted to see you here and somewhat thrilled that you were stalwart enough to persevere to even find us. That's a good omen!

We've got reams of information. I'll give you a link but I'll also tell you how to find it again.

If you go to http://www.seniorlearn.org, that's our Home Page. There, under the photographs (of Latin students) you will see in the black band, the word Classics. if you click on that, you'll see everything we offer.

Here's a shorter link directly to the Latin classes information:

http://www.seniorlearn.org/classics/

It has the course descriptions and all kinds of interesting information.

And if you have a specific question, email latin@seniorlearn.org or classicsproject@gmail.com or just ask here and we'll be glad to help.

Welcome, we are so glad to meet you, and we've got great book discussions, too. You are welcome in any and all.

marcie · « **Reply #291 on:** January 19, 2010, 11:23:44 AM »

Welcome, Pedasi. I think that you'll enjoy our Latin classes. A new group will begin in the fall. Meanwhile, I hope you'll join some of our book discussions to let us know what you're reading.

JoanK · « **Reply #292 on:** January 19, 2010, 02:56:41 PM »

WELCOME PEDASI! Many of our members are not Seniors. Browse our book discussions while you're waiting for Latin, if you wish. Whatever you read, we discuss.

ghoti · « **Reply #293 on:** February 09, 2010, 03:10:42 PM »

Hi!
Just discovered this site, and I loved the commentary on The Elegance of the Hedgehog. Can't wait to read and discuss the March book.

I am a retired schoolteacher and I love to read. I taught German and English for 30 years in North Carolina.

Alice

P.S. My username ghoti is pronounced fish, as per the John Ciardi essay. (gh as in tough, o as in women, ti as in nation. Crazy language, this English)

JoanK · « **Reply #294 on:** February 09, 2010, 04:33:44 PM »

GHOTI: good to have you here!! I can tell already you'll be a great addition to our discussions! We've never had a fish before. I hadn't thought of that essay in a long time. I used to teach English as a foreign language in Israel, and my students never could master English spelling (I have a bit of trouble with it myself!)

While you're waiting, check out our general discussions: fiction, non-fiction, mystery, sci-fi, poetry. Whatever you read, we discuss it.

marcie · « **Reply #295 on:** February 09, 2010, 05:24:40 PM »

A very warm welcome to you, ghoti. I love your name. I agree that you're already a great addition to our reading community. I look forward to your thoughts in our discussions about some of the books you're reading.

PatH · « **Reply #296 on:** February 09, 2010, 07:48:59 PM »

Hi, ghoti, and welcome. Are you a Ciardi fan? I used to read him eons ago in the Saturday Review.

50 years ago I was fluent in German (2 high school years plus a crash course while living in Zurich). It's mostly gone now, although I still find that using it feels natural as far as it goes, rather that a decoding exercise.

English spelling is really awful, but I dearly love the richness of the language, with many ways of saying the same thing, each with slightly different overtones. I wouldn't trade it for any other.

joangrimes · « **Reply #297 on:** February 10, 2010, 12:12:37 AM »

Welcome GOHTI

I am so glad to see you found us. As Joank, Marcie, and Pat H have said it is easy to see that you are a wonderful addition to our book discussions.

So you do German and English. I taught French and English. I love them both. Most people think French is difficult but really English is much more difficult.

I am really looking forward to getting to know you.

Joan Grimes

ALF43 · « **Reply #298 on:** February 10, 2010, 09:18:36 AM »

Ghoti- Welcome aboard our book group. We are delighted to have you here and I would love to invite you to join in on our March discussion of The Book Thief.
JOIN US HERE

JoanP and I will be with you all of the way (that is if Joan ever digs her way out of that snow.)
It is a fabulous book and well worth our time and opinions. You would be an asset and we would be honored to have you with us.

donnamo · « **Reply #299 on:** March 14, 2010, 11:08:34 PM »

Hello, everyone!

I am currently reading the book What Should I Do With The Rest of My Life?,by Bruce Frankel, which is how I discovered SeniorLearn. Bruce mentioned this site in Robby’s story. After having a look around here I knew I wanted to be a part of this online community; what a neat group of individuals you have! I was afraid of being rejected because I am not in my fifties yet, but I saw a post by another member who confessed she is not a senior, and she was still welcomed, to my relief. I didn’t have it in me to lie about my age.

I am 44 this year, have been married 21 years, and will be an Empty Nester very soon. I spent most of 2009 in a funk over the changes that were taking place in my relationship with my daughter and not knowing what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. Long story short, I have returned to college full-time and am working toward my degree in Gerontology.
I love being around, and talking to seniors, absorbing all their years of wisdom and understanding, so I’m especially excited about being in a book group with you all. With a lifetime of reading under my belt, I have never had the privilege of being in a book club, so this is a new, welcomed experience for me.

I look forward to getting to know you all.

~ Donna

joangrimes · « **Reply #300 on:** March 14, 2010, 11:17:05 PM »

Welcome Donna,

It is indeed a pleasure to have you join us.We have a great group of people here who love books and love to read them and discuss them together.

I am sure that everyone here will be as happy to welcome you as I am. So just look around and pick the place you want to join in what is being discussed.

In our Book Club Online discussion we are discussing " The Book Thief" which is really a fascinating book. Join in if you are interested. Come by the Library and tell us about books that you are currently reading. We are always looking for new titles to be added to our 'to be read' stacks.

Just jump in where ever you like.

Joan Grimes

marcie · « **Reply #301 on:** March 14, 2010, 11:59:43 PM »

Hi, Donna! We're always very glad to welcome another reader. It's wonderful that you are returning to college and studying Gerontology. There is probably a lot of new information you'll be learning about health, the mind and lifespan development. Perhaps you'll share with us any interesting books you're reading.

Robby · « **Reply #302 on:** March 15, 2010, 07:33:28 AM »

Hi Donna!

So pleased you are reading Bruce Frankel's book, "What Should I Do With the Rest of My Life" and especially pleased that reading the chapter about me led you to this group. As indicated in the book, I have been with this wonderful friendly group for years and years and consider them part of my family. And, yes, we have many here who are not yet ready to call themselves seniors but love the warmth and stimulation of thoughts.

Congratulations that you have returned to college full-time. In addition to my being a Clinical Psychologist, I also hold a certification in Gerontology from Syracuse University. It's a fascinating subject. If you keep this up, maybe some day an author will write a chapter about you!!

If you are interested in history, come join us in "Story of Civilization."

Robby

ALF43 · « **Reply #303 on:** March 15, 2010, 09:32:22 AM »

Donna- How impressive your post is. Congrats to you for taking control and being productive by choosing to return to college. When the "empty nester" comes around it is so difficult to get a grip on where we belong in the whole grand schemse of things.
Gerentology is a BIGGIE now-a-days, particularly because there happen to be so many of us around yet.
Do not be the least bit shy or hesitant to join us, ask questions, suggest a book- what ever it is, we welcome you with open arms. My daughter is 44 as well and I keep trying to get her in here and join our group.

WELCOME ABOARD!!

ANNIE · « **Reply #304 on:** March 15, 2010, 11:18:18 AM »

Welcome, Donna! How nice to read your most cheery post and the news that you will join us. We will be glad to have you and your posts on any of our books being discussed at the time you peek in.

Congrats on returning to college. That's a wonderful way to fly from the empty nest. Off to a new life that will open your eyes and give you much to think about. I went to work when that happened to me at a local 2 yr tech school. Talk about eye opening!

pedln · « **Reply #305 on:** March 15, 2010, 12:48:47 PM »

Welcome, Donna. It's great that you're here, and I'm so happy that you shared with us your plans for the future. Congratulations and the best of luck in all your future endeavors.

Your post here prompted me this morning to write my library and request Frankel's book. Thank you for that.

I see in your profile that you are from my state of Missouri. I'm in Cape Girardeau. In which part of the state are you?

donnamo · « **Reply #306 on:** March 15, 2010, 02:23:35 PM »

Thanks, everyone, for the wonderful welcome messages; they made my day! I am so tempted to stay on site and read for hours, but I must pry myself away to get busy on homework and reading for school. It's no fun being a responsible adult sometimes, ha! Hope you all are having a lovely day.

~ Donna

JoanK · « **Reply #307 on:** March 15, 2010, 02:55:31 PM »

DONNAMO: WELCOME WELCOME! Someone once said that a third of our member are not seniors. Don't know where they got that statistic -- we don't check IDs.

I also went back to school when my children were older and made a career change. What an exciting time. If you get too buried in school reading to join an in-depth discussion, do join our general discussions where people report on what they're reading: library, fiction, non-fiction, mystery, science fiction. Or join Robby's Story of Civilization. And I always end a trip to Seniornet with a dip into Poetry, to keep me in touch with beauty.

Ella Gibbons · « **Reply #308 on:** March 15, 2010, 04:15:09 PM »

WELCOME DONNAMO! I bet you will find time in between your course work at college to read a book, so choose one we are discussing and join in. YOu have a lifetime of reading behind you? So do we! I have no idea how old people are, does it matter? Not when they are in a group discussing a book and sharing insights. It's great, join us.

Robby · « **Reply #309 on:** March 15, 2010, 08:12:19 PM »

Age is irrelevant, Donna. Here I am only 39 and I enjoy having all these Seniors around me. They teach me lots of things.

Robby

JoanK · « **Reply #310 on:** March 15, 2010, 08:22:28 PM »

Especially, we teach you modesty!

joangrimes · « **Reply #311 on:** March 16, 2010, 12:35:03 AM »

It is wonderful that you are going back to school Donna. I did that myself more than once. That is an exciting thing to do. Like Robby says it keeps you about 39 forever. Then there are those 15 grandchildren that I have to talk with who help to keep me communicating with young people. Also I have three great grands with whom I also communicate . My mother is still living and is a 103 years old. So what will I do with the rest of my life. We shall see.Joan Grimes

bijou324 · « **Reply #312 on:** April 18, 2010, 01:24:03 PM »

Hi Everyone,

I am a 67 yr old lifetime avid reader. I still work part time in my local public library after 14 years of full time employment at same. I found your site when I was researching our next book (The Elegance of the Hedgehog) for the library's Reading Club group of which I am the moderator. I can't believe I didn't find you til now and look forward to future discussions.

Bijou324

joangrimes · « **Reply #313 on:** April 18, 2010, 01:50:32 PM »

Welcome Bejou324!

We are so glad to have you with us. It is a real pleasure to welcome you to this site. We all love to read and talk about books. So just jump right in and tell us about your reading. I am sure that you must enjoy the research that you must do for your Library reading group. Tell us about that too.

We usually gather in the Library here on our site to talk about what we are reading. We have a discussion each month of a chosen book. That discussion is called The Book Club Online is the oldest book discussion on the Internet. There are still several of us who have been discussing books together since the beginning of Book Club Online. We would be happy to have you join us in that discussion also.Our discussion for May is going to be ? Noah's
Compass by Anne Tyler. Do come and join in there. If you like mysterys then com join us in our mystery discussion.

I can assure that you will be welcomed in any of the discussions on the site. I look forward to seeing you in all of them.

I am looking forward to getting to know you. Everyone will be happy to have you join us.
Joan Grimes

JoanK · « **Reply #314 on:** April 18, 2010, 03:04:41 PM »

WELCOME, BEJOU! Is that what you'd like to be called?

Do come into the Library or Fiction, let us know what your group thought of Elegance and what else you're reading.

PatH · « **Reply #315 on:** April 19, 2010, 10:24:36 AM »

Welcome, Bijou, it's good to see you here. If you like non-fiction, have a look at the discussion of "Troublesome Young Men". It's half over, but it's lively and accessible, so you might enjoy it if that's your kind of thing.

We had a good time discussing "Hedgehog". It was well-suited to our lengthy style of picking a book apart for a whole month.

marcie · « **Reply #316 on:** April 21, 2010, 11:46:39 AM »

Welcome, Bijou324. I'm glad you found us. Public libraries are great treasures. How wonderful that you work in one. One of my nieces is currently pursuing a Master's Degree in Library and Information Science.

nolvikarn · « **Reply #317 on:** April 30, 2010, 12:20:03 PM »

Hello, all American fellow seniors,

I have been with you a couple a years ago, reading and discussing the novel "Seven Sisters" by Margaret Drabble.
Before I met you ladies (mostly ladies anyway) I hadn't have had any contact with this witty author.
So in a way you can take credit for learning an old macho-man to accept and even like female writers.
Thanks to you, I have become an enthusiastic reader of Drabble, Margaret Atwood, Joyce Carol Oates, and Siri Hustvedt.
We have a saying in Sweden "gå över ån efter vatten" which means "to cross the river to get water".
That is what i have been doing. Crossing the ocean to find something that I had right in front of my very eyes.

When I read about A S Byatt I was immediately interested.
Not because I have read any of her books, but because I have read and heard a lot of good about her.
So please let me participate in the reading of the June month book discussion.

Your truly admirer
Lars-Olof (Olle) Andersson, Sweden

ginny · « **Reply #318 on:** April 30, 2010, 01:06:44 PM »

Olle!!!! Is that really YOU? All the way from Sweden! YAHOO! Welcome welcome!!

Click on this, and come right down here: http://seniorlearn.org/forum/index.php?topic=1219.msg64510#msg64510 and sign in, we start in June and it's a wonderful group, and a great book. You'll love it.

Supposedly the "perfect book." Will we think so? Have never seen a book with such raves, won the Booker, come on down and let's find out how different she is (if she is) from her sister!

SOOOO good to see you again! How's the weather in Sweden?

Welcome!

joangrimes · « **Reply #319 on:** April 30, 2010, 02:18:12 PM »

Welcome Lars-Olof (Olle) Andersson!!

I remember you well...So glad you have joined us here...I see that Ginny has given you a link to the discussion of the book you are interested in discussing. Hope that you will join in other places too. Looking forward to hearing more from you.
Joan Grimes

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