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Dining Out, Summer Term
with Patricia Overall
In-person
Participants will meet once a month for lunch at various restaurants in the Farmington area. Reservations must be firm one week before the date. Participants will order from the standard menu and receive separate checks.
Dates:
July 2, 2026
August 6, 2026
September 3, 2026
October 1, 2026
Time: 11:30 am.
Location: TBD
Patricia Overall has been a member of GLI for many years. She is a retired high school mathematics teacher who later worked in hotel management, bartending, and other occupations, including NACA (now NASA). She has lived in 18 states and obviously enjoys eating out.
Will run
Learning How to Play Mahjong
with Carole Lee
In-person
Learn to play Mahjong or fine-tune your skills. Mahjong is a popular Chinese tile game played by four or fewer people. It is a relaxed and enjoyable game, so players can socialize with their friends while playing. Playing mahjong keeps the mind sharp and active because it involves skills and strategies.
The first class will focus on the basics of the game and strategy. The second class will help beginners continue learning the game and teach scoring to more experienced players.
Dates: July 29 & August 5, 2026
Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Location: Ed Ctr, 114
Carole Lee is a retired UMF professor. Eddie Yuen is a retired math teacher. Both presenters have been playing mahjong since they were young children.
Will run
Fifty Years of Nursing: A Story to Tell
with John Henkel
Hybrid
2 sessions
Let’s meet and share tales about our mutual experiences in health care. At our ages, it seems like a prudent thing to do. I have stories to tell (the good, the bad, the amusing) that may also provide some education in how to navigate the health care system.
Date and Time:
August 17, 1-2:30 pm
August 31, 2026, at 11 am-12:30 pm
Location: Ed Ctr, room 114
John Henkel is a nurse who has been lucky to ride the wave of the nursing revolution from the days of starched nursing caps to color-coded scrubs.
John is eternally grateful for his time as a nurse. He can’t imagine having done anything else. He has worked as a nurse in a variety of roles and locations before ending up in Wilton.
Will run
Summer Social
In-Person
Free
Date: September 16, 2026
Time: 12-2 pm
Location: Kineowatha Park/Barn
A time to get together and socialize with fellow Gold LEAF members. This will be a potluck lunch at Kineowatha Park in Wilton from 12 noon until 2 PM. Donations welcomed.
Will run
Changing the World from the Inside Out
with Martha Soule
In-person
Explore Mindfulness and Meditation in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh (Plum Village) and how they can help us deal with the challenges in our daily lives and in our world.
This will include how to stop, calm, rest, and heal before speaking or acting when upset - so that our actions can be more helpful in our struggling world.
We will listen to some of Thich Nhat Hanh's teachings and will explore ways to bring them into our daily lives, if that appeals to us.
4 sessions
Dates:
September 22, 29, 2026
October 20, 27, 2026
Time: 1 pm-2:30 pm
Location: Education Center, room 113
Martha (Marty) Soule discovered this practice in 1993 and brought it into her life. It helped support her as she raised her children, worked several jobs, and dealt with her mother's cancer, her father's Alzheimers, and other challenges.
After Martha went to her first retreat with Thich Nhat Hanh in 2001, she began a community of practice (Peaceful Heart Sangha) which still meets every Monday evening and every Thursday morning. Martha was ordained as a member of the Order of Interbeing in 2009 and became a Dharma Teacher in 2022.