UP-COMING TTN EVENTS
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Friendship Circle/Meet & Greet Every Saturday ZOOM
Expressions of Love-Collages Friday, February 5th ZOOM
Non-Fiction Book Club Wednesday, February 10th ZOOM
TED talks Wednesday, February 17th ZOOM
Solo Aging Study Group Thursday, February 18th ZOOM
Travel Adventures Monday, March 8th ZOOM
Getting a Good Night's Sleep Wednesday, March 31st ZOOM
Let's stay connected.
Use ZOOM to hold your meetings, continue your book clubs, TED talks, conferences and other events.
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TTN MARCH QUARTERLY MEETING
Travel: Past and Future
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Is your travel bug in hibernation? Do you dream about sunsets and adventures in far away places? If so, please join us at the Transition Network Quarterly ZOOM meeting on March 7, 2021 and 7:00PM PST. Come prepared to chat about your favorite trip. To facilitate the conversation, bring an item, wear your favorite outfit or sip a fabulous drink from your adventure. We'll share stores from our past and ideas for the future.
When: Monday, March 8, 2021
Time: 7:00 PM
Where: ZOOM - Join Zoom Meeting
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VIRTUAL
VIDEO CONFERENCES
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Hiking vacations, living in Paris, on-line shopping frustrations, discovering previously unknown connections, renewing TTN friendships are just some of what is happening on our Friendship Circle/Meet & Greet ZOOM calls.
We have scheduled ONE weekly on-line Meet & Greet meetings, Saturdays at 11 AM. Meetings will be facilitated by members of the Steering Committee and other volunteer hosts. Please send a message to janicewallace2016@gmail.com if you would like to facilitate a meeting.
A reminder email with a link to the ZOOM meeting will be sent out every Monday. We hope you'll join us.
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MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Here is an opportunity for you, as members, to share opportunities you know about with others who you think might be interested. You may also advertise events or services or recommendations that you think our readership would like to know about. Send your announcements to Nancy Ware at nanwebware@sbcglobal.net
SPANISH CONVERSATION GROUP - KICK OFF EVENT
TTNER, Edith Kaplan invites all TTN members to join in a Spanish Conversation group sponsored by NEXT Village.
Whether you are learning Spanish or fluent, Edith invites you and your friends to join us for casual conversation so we can use, practice and help each other with our Spanish.
There will not be an instructor as this is a conversation group, not a class. Basic familiarity with Spanish is requested, however no need to be fluent, just willing to try!
When: Monday, February 8, 2021
Time: 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM Where: Zoom (Login sent to registrants) Cost: FREE. No membership required. NEXT Village is hosting the event. It's free, open to all and no membership is required.
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 TTNer, Mae King Go, is sharing a program that has just been announced by the Office of Economic and Workforce Development in San Francisco for those who have been out of the workforce for 2+ years.
Facebook has a Return to Work Program and will host an informational webinar on Jan 27th about the program for anyone interested. Applications will be accepted across the Bay Area and Seattle beginning Feb 1, 2021.
For more details and registration, click HERE. |
OLLI SF OFFERS
ONLINE COURSES
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The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute is offering a series of Mini-courses on a wide variety of topics. These courses are open to non-members of OLLI. The following courses are being offered in March.
For more details on the Winter offerings click HERE.
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THE READERS' CORNER
And Other Media
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Many of you have shared interesting articles and videos that have been appreciated by our readership. To encourage this sharing, we have created a monthly column called Readers' Corner. Submit your articles to Nancy Ware at nanwebware@sbcglobal.net
As we are all hunkering down, and there is time to explore new things, we invite all our members to share in how you are coping. Stay healthy.
Today it seems there is so much negativity swirling around. For two uplifting articles about how seniors are defying the stereotypes of aging, see below:
Five Inspiring Seniors
 Older adults are tenacious, powerful forces to be reckoned with. Yet despite the giant strides our society has made to embrace diversity and change our preconceived notions of growing older, we've still got a long way to go. To read an article that highlights five age defying seniors, click HERE.
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Aging Joyfully
From ballet dancing to mountain climbing and from art to athletics, we meet seven older people who prove that later life can be anything but dull.
To see the entire article click HERE.
Sidelined By The Pandemic
 The vaccine is almost here; there is the light at the end of the tunnel, but it's been a strange and unconventional time. For those of you who were travelers, being house-bound has been a real challenge. In this article, by travel writer Rachel Chang, we see how she met this challenge. Rachel says, "And that's when I realized that this is what travel is: discovering that indescribable magnetic bond with people from such different worlds in a way that can only happen when you're out of your element... whether that means being in a foreign place or being locked down at home." To read this uplifting article, click HERE.
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ADJUNCT COMMITTEE CHAIRS
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Janet Mandelstam
Arlene Reiff
Co-Founders of SF Bay Area Chapter
Nancy Ware Newsletter Editor |
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NOT A TTN MEMBER YET
OR WANT TO RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP?
Click HERE to join or renew
When you break down the membership dues it comes to $8.00/month or $2.00/week... less than the cost of a latte!!! What a bargain!
IF YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN YOUR PASSWORD OR NEED HELP WITH YOUR LOG-IN, CLICK HERE FOR INSTRUCTIONS.
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NEW BENEFIT FOR MEMBERS:
JOIN ZOOM PROGRAMS FROM
TTN CHAPTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY
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During this time of COVID, many of the TTN Chapters across the country are offering their programs to all members of TTN. Some of the programs offered for February include:
- NYC Chapter: Cultivating Mindfulness
- Philadelphia Chapter: Fitness with Amy- includes a series of 8 classes
- Long Island Chapter: Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow
- Philadelphia Chapter: Climate Reality- Science, Status & Solutions
- Boston Chapter: From Mary Pickford to Meryl Streep - Hollywood's Star System and How it Works
To see the list of all events available to us, click HERE.
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SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
SIGs
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All Special Interest Groups in-person meetings have been cancelled due to the "Shelter-in-Place" order. We encourage you to stay connected through ZOOM to continue meeting face-to-face virtually! For questions about how to set up a Zoom meeting, email Janice Wallace at janicewallace2016@gmail.com
NEW!
Group Meditation
 We are forming a group that would meet monthly and share a meditation session.
Do you love meditation, feel the benefit in your life and want to share it with others?
We would love to speak with you about helping us get a meditation group started. Would you be willing to help lead this group?
If you're interested in joining our group or would like to lead this group, contact Janice Wallace at:
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Special Interest Group Forming:
Boost Your Wellness IQ in 2021
Join Arete Nicholas, RN, M.A., Geriatric Care Consultant
and Hope Levy, Health Educator and Gerontologist, who will guide a group of like-minded TTN participants in a discussion to enhance their awareness about a variety of wellness topics. Each month a different topic will be introduced followed by structured learning activities designed to help participants apply and/or think more deeply about the topic at hand. You will also have the opportunity to share your insights and interact with other group members in a supportive learning community. The group will meet monthly during the spring on the last Wednesday of the month.
 Mark Your Calendars! The first zoom meeting will be on March 31 from 3pm until 4:30pm and the topic will be "Getting a Good Night's Sleep." More information will follow in the March newsletter.
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Solo Aging Study Group Kick Off Meeting
Feb. 18 at 3pm PST
As the saying goes, getting old is not for sissies and aging without close family to rely on is even more challenging.
The Solo Aging Study group is holding our first meeting in February. We will begin exploring and discussing the book "Who Will Take Care of Me When I'm Old? by Joy Loverde.
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 The Special Interest Artists Group is focusing on Collage as an art form. Monthly prompts will be shared and then the group will get together over Zoom to show our collages and give each other support.
The topic for the February meeting on 2/5 is Expressions of Love
Artists will be asked to submit photos of their collages at least two days before the meeting so that a slide show can be prepared.
Meeting is on Friday, February 5th from 3-4 pm.
For future meetings, members of the group will take turns providing prompts either around themes or styles or materials.
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Groups With Openings
- Artists Group - if interested in joining this group please contact Dianne McCutcheon at dianne07@aol.com
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SF Movie Goers - if interested in joining this group please contact Mae King Go at mkgo@earthlink.net
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East Bay Non Fiction Book Club - if interested in joining this group please contact Sandi Blair at sandrablairsf@cs.com
- Travel Partners - if interested in joining this group please
contact JaniceWallace at janicewallace2016@gmail.com.
Group meets in locations all over the Bay Area
NOTICE: Many SIGs have membership limits because they meet in private homes or have other logistical constraints. Since most SIGS are currently meeting on-line, the Steering Committee thought it would be appropriate to open up ALL SIGS to any member who would like to join. Email the contact person of any of the groups to hear more about what they are doing during the quarantine.
Groups That are Currently Filled
BUT THAT ARE OPEN TO ALL DURING THE QUARANTINE
- SF TED Talks - contact Gail Benton Shoemaker at gailbentshoe@igc.org. The next TED talk meeting will be on Wednesday, Februarty 17th. If you would like to join us on ZOOM for this discussion contact Gail Benton Shoemaker at the email address above.
- SF Non Fiction Book Club - contact Nancy Ware at nanwebware@sbcglobal.net The non-fiction book being discussed on Wednesday, February 10th is Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb. If you would like to join us on ZOOM for this meeting, contact Nancy Ware at the email address above.
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The SF Non-Fiction Book club at their January meeting discussing
How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollen
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SF TED group discussing "The Psychological Traits That Shape Your Political Beliefs."
What's your passion?
Any member can start a special interest group. If you have an interest that is not represented by a new or existing group, contact Janice Wallace at For more information about other new groups as well as information about existing groups, see the Special Interest Page on our website.
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STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS
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Linda Brown
Event Planning
Mae King Go
Event Planning
Rita Herndon
Social Media
Dianne McCutcheon
National Liaison Coordinator
Bunnie Quint
Event Planning
Gail Benton Shoemaker
Program Planning Coordinator
Joan Varrone
Event Planning
Janice Wallace
Special Interest Groups
and Membership Coordinator
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