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QUARTER NOTE

Autumn Ruminations (and Goals)

David Freedman, PM2

When change comes, are you ready to embrace it? since I won’t be able to walk as much in the colder
At my last Toastmasters meeting, during our Table weather, which bothers me to no end since the
Topics session, I admitted that when the summer dreaded holiday weight gain will creep up on me.
slowly bleeds into autumn, I go through a period I go to the gym five times a week and can make

of mourning. Yes, the colors are lovely, and we up some of the aerobic time I’ll miss by working
have all the upcoming holidays to celebrate, but out on the treadmill, but it’s not quite the same
knowing that the warm weather is transitioning as going on a power walk in the warmer weather.
into colder days is not something I look forward And as the physical activities change, so too

to. Nonetheless, even before the summer ends, do the social and professional ones. I’m happy
I’ve started singing with the Portland Gay Men’s to report that I will start a third Path, Engaging
Chorus and rehearsing holiday music well before Humor, even though I haven’t finished my first two
the department stores start repeating it incessantly Paths for my Distinguished Toastmaster Award,

the month before Christmas. as I know these comedic skills will be useful to
Before the advent of streaming, I’d look add to my experience as an actor.
forward to the fall lineup on television, but with Likewise, our Club is already in the planning
such a glut of new and old material yet unwatched stages of putting together our speech contest and

on my various queues, the upcoming thrills mean we continue to work on our Club Success Plan.
less precisely because of their overabundance. I’m We’ve been fortunate to keep our Distinguished
more likely to peruse the gaming magazines or Club status even throughout the chaos of the
websites in order to remind myself which video pandemic, and it’s something that we’re both

games I’ll purchase for my consoles (and yes, I’m proud of and determined to maintain into the
still itching to get my hands on a Playstation 5 so I next year. We’ve embraced the changes as best
can be up to date on my hardware and software). we could even when there was considerable doubt
Even my physical activities change somewhat about maintaining our membership throughout

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