Dec 22 @ 7:30 PM - ID by Joyce Carol Oates

Folks,

Join us for coffee, cookies and a discussion of ID by Joyce Carol Oates.  Find it on page 244 of Best American Short Stories – 2011 edited by Geraldine Brooks.

On-Line, read it at http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/03/29/i-d

Coffee and cookies have been provided by our hosting facility, HighPointe Assisted Living. 

Dec 8, 2015 @ 7:30 PM: "The Brain on Trial" by David Eagleman

Join us for coffee, cookies and a discussion of The Brain on Trial by David Eagleman.  Find it on page 167 of Best American Science & Nature Writing – 2012 edited by Dan Ariely.

Read it on-line at http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/07/the-brain-on-trial/308520/

Compare this article with

Maimonides (~1168) A treatise on the Soul

[4.3a]   Should one’s soul be ill … If the body loses its harmony, and moves to one extreme or another, then one moves to reverse the process by moving to the other extreme until the body recovers its harmony …

[4.3b]   the miser must be taught to be a spendthrift

 

Our host facility, HighPointe has been quite generous providing us with coffee, cookies (usually freshly baked) and letting us use their private dining room.

Tues, Nov 24 @ 7:30 PM - Dog Bites by Ricardo Nuila

Join us for coffee, cookies and a discussion of  Dog Bites by Ricardo Nuila.  Find it on page 210 of The Best American Short Stories - 2011.

Tues, Nov 10 @ 7:30 PM: Biblical Deception in Genesis 27

Join us to explore deception in Genesis.  There may also be coffee and cookies.

1. Is Isaac a bamboozled blind old man or a master of deception?
   What did Isaac know and when did he know it?
2. What do we make of references in Gen Ch 27 that mirror other stores in Genesis?
3. What do historic Jewish commentators think of deception? Do you agree?

Contact me (Mike Levin 303 779-1528) for a handout, and/or come prepared having read Gen 12:1-3; Gen 22:1-19; Gen 25:19-34; Gen 26:34-35; Gen 27 (all of it); Gen 28:1-6.

Tues, Oct 27, 2015 @ 7:30 PM: Beautiful Brains by David Dobbs

Join  us to discuss Beautiful Brains by David Dobbs.
Read this on-line at Beautiful (Teenage) Brains.
Find it on page 156 of The Best American Science & Nature Writing - 2012.

Our host facility has been providing coffee and freshly baked cookies.

Tues, Oct 13 @ 7:30 PM: Phantoms by Steven Millhauser

Join us to discuss Phantoms by Steven Millhauser on Tuesday, Oct 13 at 7:30 PM.

Find it on page 210 of The Best American Short Stories - 2011.

Our host facility, HighPointe has been graciously providing us with coffee and freshly baked cookies.

Tues, Sept 29 @ 7:30 PM - What You Don’t Know Can Kill You

Join us for cookies, coffee and a discussion of What You Don’t Know Can Kill You By Jason Daley. Find it on page 145 of Best American Science & Nature Writing – 2012 edited by Dan Ariely.  Read it on line at http://discovermagazine.com/2011/jul-aug/11-what-you-dont-know-can-kill-you.