Last luncheon of the semester on Monday

Maybe Monday isn't the best day for our get-togethers because attendance was light.  Nevertheless, Karen Eckert, John Seeley, Benson Simon and myself never seemed to lack for conversation. One topic that came up was frustration with the difficulty of retaining what we are learning in our classes which, I think, is a function of age. Next semester, I think I'll try reviewing my notes soon after each class and pull out what I think is most important because thinking I'll retain all that detail isn't realistic.

A newcomer who takes a course rare among Golden ID students

Louise Lovell is new to the program, and today's luncheon was her first. She's taking music theory which I don't remember any other Golden ID student mentioning before, and her descriptions of the material caused a lot of interest. Nice to meet you, Louise.

Among others attending today, Michael Carliner and Liz Follin are taking film courses. David Miley is taking an art history class while I'm taking classes in architectural history and in English literature. Benson Simon and Jerry Devlin have taken a variety of courses over the 15+ years they've been in the program, but Benson's concentration has been in foreign language and film although this semester he's taking an English history class. I believe Jerry has said he's taken a lot of history and government and politics courses among others, and this semester his class is in Roman history.