December

We rely upon our homes to be secure, healthy and nurturing environments. We usually take for granted the many qualities that our sheltered environments provide until there is a breach in the trust between our assumptions and the rude awakening of a tragedy. Our homes can fall short of our expectations in an instant, as may be the case with natural disasters: earthquake, tornado, landslide, flood or fire. Slowly accumulating risks to our health can manifest themselves through poor indoor air quality, exposure to potentially harmful chemicals and electromagnetic radiation in our homes. And there is always the lurking danger of casual misfortune: falling down stairs, slipping in the tub, or tripping over a pet.

Nathan Good is a Salem architect with extensive experience in the design of custom homes throughout the Northwest, Alaska, Hawaii and Mexico. He will share with us the risks and responses to designing homes that offer shelter and reassurance for his clients in a rapidly changing world. Nathan will share strategies to create a “future-proof home” that increases the ability of a dwelling to withstand a natural disaster, enable individuals to live in their own homes longer, and be adapted to changes in family compositions. By recognizing and responding to a plethora of links between the physical composition of our homes and our psychological responses we can increase the potential for our personal resilience to mirror that of our enhanced physical resilience. 

Members of the ICL Writing Group, led by ICL member Lois Rosen, will offer a fragrant blend of their stories and poems. You’re most cordially invited to enjoy the mix of vivid, lively, wise writing of the members of the group, who will be announced at a later date.

Several ICL members will share their art and/or favorite art or art history topic. Names of the presenters will be announced later. If interested in presenting contact Sharon Wright.

ICL is made up of a very interesting group of folks with fascinating backgrounds. In this session which has become an ICL tradition, we will get to know a few of them a little better, as we ask them to share an interesting story from their family, their work experience, or world experience. Today we will hear 15 minute stories from ICL members, Tracy Raglund (2017), Elaine Smith (2016), Stephen Moe (2017), Franca Hernandez (2012), Betsy Belshaw (2015) and one Surprise Guest presentation. You won't want to miss this session!

Tracy Ragland

Elaine Smith

Stephen Moe

Franca Hernandez

Betsy Belshaw

Surprise Guest

ICL End-of-Semester Holiday Luncheon
Thursday December 7
Montag Den 12:45 p.m.

Cost $12
Please make checks to WU-ICL

Ruthann Panck or Jan Svingen
will begin taking checks on
Thursday November 16
Include on your check if you require a special diet

Menu
Main Entree: Pork and Dried Fruit Stuffed Turkey Cutlets with Maple Gastrique*
Starch: Sweet Potato Mash with Hazelnut Oil
Vegetable: Cauliflower and Brussel Sprout Gratin with Parmesan Crust
Salad: Roasted Apple, Pickled Shallot, Pecans, Honey, Apple Cider Vinaigrette
Vegetarian Option: Wild Rice, Lentil, Cranberry Stuffed Roasted Delicata Squash^#
Bread: Dinner Rolls with Whipped Butter
Dessert: Caramel Apple Granny Pie^@: Buttery caramel and toffee studded custard hugging fresh granny smith apples piled high in a shortbread crust
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MWOG Option: Caramel Apple Pie in a MWOG Crust with Cinnamon Whip

* Gastrique is caramelized sugar, deglazed with vinegar, used as a flavoring for sauces. To this a little fond (browned bits or drippings from meats or vegetables, found on the bottom of a sauté or roasting pan via the Maillard reaction) or stock may be added. It is used to flavor sauces such as tomato sauce, savory fruit sauces, and other sweet and sour sauces such as the classic orange sauce for duck à l'orange.

^# Winter squash

^@ No grannies were harmed in the making of this pie