Greetings Supporters & Members! I have added two licenses to our Zoom capabilities which means two other people can host meetings. I have asked Ivan & Clare to serve as additional host. They are free to set up Zoom meetings on their own and I may from time to time ask them to host Coffee Talk if for some reason I am unable.
I plan on continuing Coffee Talks Monday through Friday at 6:30 AM Central and on an irregular basis running the Speakeasy, High Noon & After Hour Chats like I have been doing.
I asked Ivan and Clare because of their presence at Coffee Talks and some of our other chats. I think they will serve as good moderators as well with their personalities and talents. If by chance they host a chat and new or unfamiliar people attend, we want to be especially mindful of welcoming them. Alternatively is the visitor is an jerk, muting might be needed or even ejecting.
We all want to be mindful of others wanting to say something or ask a question, offer a comment. At times some of us get enthusiastic and either talk over others or never stop our narrative long enough for someone to interject or offer a comment. That usually means the more introverted participants may just opt not to participate since they can't. I know we all have trains of thought and yet we want our conversations to be as inclusive as possible.
None of our ZOOMs as of yet have been topical, they have been ADD driven conversations about whatever is brought to the table. Topical ones could be set or suggested by anyone in the community. It is our community after all. š
Potential Names for future ZOOMs
Hosted by Clare
Lady Clare's Salon
Lederhosen Roundtable
SHOW ME YOUR PAPERS!
Hosted by Ivan
California Dreaming
It's always sunny in Ivan-Vaniaš
PICKLEBALL!!! NOW WE PLAY!
Of course they may have names of their own in mind. Enjoy!š
Today marks the three hundred and thirtieth birthday of the Frenchman FranƧois-Marie Arouet, better known by his nom de plume, Voltaire (1694-1778).
Born into a bourgeois family during the reign of Louis XIV, the āSun Kingā (r. 1643-1715), Voltaire suffered tragedy at a young age when his mother died. Never close with his father or brother, Voltaire exhibited a rebellious attitude toward authority from his youth. His brilliant mind was fostered in the care of the Society of Jesus, who introduced him to the joys of literature and theater. Despite his later criticisms against the Church, Voltaire, throughout his life, fondly recalled his dedicated Jesuit teachers.
Although he spent time as a civil servant in the French embassy to the Hague, Voltaireās main love was writingāan endeavor where he excelled in various genres, including poetry, which led to his appointment as the royal court poet for King Louis XV. Widely recognized as one of the greatest French writers, and even hyperbolically referred to by ...
Padre - Tom Miller invites you to a Coffee Talk, Speakeasies, Schmoozes, Tea Times, Afterhours and other gatherings.
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2026 Coffee Talk with the ADD Irregulars
Thursday, January 1, 2026
6:00 AM - 8:00 AM (CST)
Occurs every day starting 1/1 until 12/31/2027
Coffee Talk - Daily beginning at 6:00 AM Central Time Zone - USA
White Pilled Wednesday - A break from the heaviness of news and current events to focus upon things more personal & positive for the first hour of Coffee Talk.
Afternoon Chats - Most Tuesday, Friday & Sundays 2:00 PM Central
Other chats as posted in the community.Ā
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The Beautiful
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Said the Disciple to the Lover, āSir, before I left the world I heard certain men who were held in high esteem and thought to know the will of the Beloved say that those who loved the Beautiful did not love the Beloved but loved idols, yet in the Garden of the Beloved we are ever striving to create beauty for the pleasure of the Beloved.Ā Were they then speaking the truth?ā
The Lover answered, āThose who said this had never glimpsed the form of the Beloved nor ever truly sought Him, for all beauty is but the reflection of the beauty of the Beloved, although seen very dimly as in a dark and faulty mirror, even as all goodness is a dim reflection of the goodness of the Beloved.Ā So it is that those who love beauty and goodness recognize dimly in them the form of the Beloved and though often in ignorance those who are seeking the Beautiful and the Good are seeking after the Beloved.ā
