Membership is annual and required to take courses. Once you are a member at any senior college, you are elligible to take courses at any of the 17 Maine senior colleges.wHEN YOU SIGN UP FOR THIS MEMBERSHIP, IT WILL BE EFFECTIVE FROM SEPTEMBER 1, 2025 THROUGH AUGUST 31, 2026.

Your story matters.  You have experiences and wisdom valuable to others.  This class will help you recall, organize, and write these episodes. Sharing our stories and experiences with others in class often leads to unexpected rewards. Enjoy the encouragement and support of writing and sharing with others in a comfortable and safe atmosphere.  New writers, unsure writers, experienced writers, all are welcome.

 Mike Davis believes everyone has a story to tell and wisdom to share.  His goal is to create a safe and welcoming environment for persons to learn together.  Throughout his career he helped lead safe, respectful experiences of listening and sharing. He treasures each story and the opportunity to bring people together in transforming relationships.

 ZOOM

 Oct 2 (possible switch to 10/9) Oct 23

Nov 6, 20  Dec 4, 18  Jan 8,22

Your story matters.  You have experiences and wisdom valuable to others.  This class will help you recall, organize, and write these episodes. Sharing our stories and experiences with others in class often leads to unexpected rewards. Enjoy the encouragement and support of writing and sharing with others in a comfortable and safe atmosphere.  New writers, unsure writers, experienced writers, all are welcome.

 Mike Davis believes everyone has a story to tell and wisdom to share.  His goal is to create a safe and welcoming environment for persons to learn together.  Throughout his career he helped lead safe, respectful experiences of listening and sharing. He treasures each story and the opportunity to bring people together in transforming relationships.

ZOOM  

 Oct 6,20 Nov 3.17 Dec 1,15  Jan 5, 19

This class will meet on Zoom on the second Wednesday of each month from 10 - 11:30. The instructor will lead discussions of books and authors. The books are from various genres and should all stimulate interesting discussion.  

                                  BOOK LIST FOR 2025/2026

  DATE           BOOK                        AUTHOR                LEADER

9/10/25     Stolen Queen               Fiona Davis

10/8/25     The Note                      Alafair Burke         Fran Halamandaris  11/12/25   Winds of War                Herman Wouk       Fred Boyle              12/10/25   Lion Women of Tehran   Mariam Kamali      Tess Burke            1/14/26     To be Determined                                     Jane Carlson and                                                                                   Pat Peck                2/11/26     Three Days in June        Ann Tyler              Heidi Julian            3/11/26     Secret of Secrets           Dan Brown           Andrea Dresser      4/8/26       The River is Waiting       Wally Lamb          Arlene Jackson      5/14/26     Karla's Choice                Nick Harkaway     Arlene Jackson      6/14/26     Class will choose this book.  It will be announced at the                           May 14th meeting. 

Health and Aging considerations for Safe Mobility

How do aging-related changes in health and function impact on driving safety?  

 How does Maine address medical concerns in driver licensing? 

 How can older adults remain safely mobile behind the wheel. 

Learn answers to these questions & more!

 Friday Jan 9 1-3  In person and on ZOOM

About the Presenter:

Tom Meuser is a clinical psychologist, applied gerontologist, and social scientist based in Portland, Maine. He moved here in 2018 from Missouri to serve as the Founding Director for the University of New England Center for Excellence in Aging & Health. He retired from this role in 2024 and is now self-employed as a geriatric neuropsychologist (hƩps://geropsychmaine.com/) and a researcher-educator for both the Maine Bureaus of Motor Vehicles and Highway Safety. Tom led the team which developed Missouri’s approach to the medical evaluation of at-risk drivers in

2009. He was also the program evaluator for the AMA’s Older Drivers Project (which continues now through AGS). His 2025 speaking tour in Maine focuses on informing and empowering older adults, as well as the clinical providers who serve them, to make reasoned decisions on driving mobility. Maine’s regulations are an important focus too. He can be reached at tom.meuser@maine.gov.

THIS CLASS IS HYBRID. YOU CAN ZOOM FROM HOME OR ATTEND AT THE YORK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. REMEMBER... STONEWALL KITCHENS IS NEXT DOOR!!

SESSION 2 MONDAY CLASS

Your story matters.  You have experiences and wisdom valuable to others.  This class will help you recall, organize, and write these episodes. Sharing our stories and experiences with others in class often leads to unexpected rewards. Enjoy the encouragement and support of writing and sharing with others in a comfortable and safe atmosphere.  New writers, unsure writers, experienced writers, all are welcome.

 Mike Davis believes everyone has a story to tell and wisdom to share.  His goal is to create a safe and welcoming environment for persons to learn together.  Throughout his career he helped lead safe, respectful experiences of listening and sharing. He treasures each story and the opportunity to bring people together in transforming relationships.

Feb 9,23  Mar 9, 23  April 6 , 20 May 4, 18

Your story matters.  You have experiences and wisdom valuable to others.  This class will help you recall, organize, and write these episodes. Sharing our stories and experiences with others in class often leads to unexpected rewards. Enjoy the encouragement and support of writing and sharing with others in a comfortable and safe atmosphere.  New writers, unsure writers, experienced writers, all are welcome.

 Mike Davis believes everyone has a story to tell and wisdom to share.  His goal is to create a safe and welcoming environment for persons to learn together.  Throughout his career he helped lead safe, respectful experiences of listening and sharing. He treasures each story and the opportunity to bring people together in transforming relationships.

 FEB 12, 26    MAR 12, 26   APRIL 9, 23  MAY 7, 21

America is an angry nation.  Much of the practice of Buddhism seeks to foster tranquility. Since mid 20th century, Buddhism has come bigly to our shores.  Why?  What is American Buddhism? What might it become? Might it soothe our angry feelings?  How does it or will it play in our  religiously already highly plural culture?  We will look in depth at two American Theravada Buddhist demographics…..one comprising of largely immigrants from Thailand, Theravada Buddhist by birth…… and one composed of mainly American born converts……Each, at once, both American and Buddhist

INSTRUCTOR Steve Piker is an anthropologist by career with two separate years of field work in Thailand. Thai Buddhism was a main focus of his research.  Steve has also done research on religious conversion in the U.S. He has taught 44 years at Swarthmore College immersed in the Quaker spirit of the school (which spirit also fosters tranquility) He has offered thirty five courses at four of  Maine’s senior colleges. 

Suggested reading:                                                                      Wendy Cadge.  HEARTWOOD.  THE FIRST GENERATION OF THERAVADA BUDDHISM IN AMERICA.

Your Instructor:

Steve Piker is an anthropologist by career. He spent two separate years of field work in Thailand with Thai Buddhism a main focus of the research.  Steve has also done research on religious conversion in the U.S. He has taught 44 years at Swarthmore College immersed in the Quaker spirit of the school(which spirit also fosters tranquility); and has offered thirty five or so courses at four of  Maine’s senior colleges