July 26 Meeting Notes

"The hills are alive with abundant wildflowers," toastmaster Janet Reese proclaimed.

Head to the mountains this weekend and check out the beautiful flora including alpine columbine, Indian paintbrush and wild rose. To identify the specimens you'll see, use a wildflower guide. Or, you can use the meeting agenda decorated with common wildflowers.

Speaker Nathan Wilkes kept us in stitches as he described the benefits of "going glossy" (shaving his head by choice). He gets more respect with a glossy head, he's more sexy, and urges us all to try it for two weeks.

Speaker Deron White interpreted several monologues from the Spoon River Anthology. The voices came from the souls of the departed speaking of their lives while sleeping on the hill. Scary! Ghosts actually attended our meeting.

Mike Stablein, with a full head of hair, evaluated Nathan's glossy speech. Eric Peterson evaluated Deron's monologue. Both speakers received high marks; Nathan won best speaker. Mike won best evaluator.

Luyane Trujillo provided table topics inspired by "365 plays in 365 days." Her questions were thought provoking, indeed. Luckily, no one had to act out a play.

Mike Angel, general evaluator, gave us a few tips for improvement. Here's one: include the speech time when introducing the speakers, so the timer knows when to flash the lights.

Next week's lineup includes speakers Carey Bradley and Mike Stablein, evaluators Eric Peterson and Luyane Trujillo, toastmaster Mike Angel and table topics by James. Check out the schedule for open roles and consider one.

Remember to stop and smell the wildflowers! See you next week.