Instructions to the Age Seventysomething OLLI Online Learning Students

          (Mostly verbatim quotes from a U.C. OLLI “OLLIGRAM”, 5-22-20)

Let’s get ready, OLLI students!

The second week of our OLLI Online classes is coming up.  

Soon you will get your JOIN MEETING email link

asking you to ACCEPT or DECLINE the meeting. 

If you click ACCEPT, your email

will go to your DELETED EMAIL box

and you will have to go there to get it back.

To join the class

look for “JOIN BY BROWSER”

after you click “JOIN MEETING”.

You may have to install an ”EXTENSION” 

to Safari for this to work. 

If you have a question

use the QUESTION & ANSWER TOOL. 

If you still have tech issues

send a chat to the host and

keep your WEBEX CONTROL GUIDE

with you at all times. 

If there is difficulty

with your Cisco WebEx Meetings App, 

click JOIN MEETING

and JOIN BY BROWSER.

You may again need to install an EXTENTION (sic). 

Be sure to MUTE YOUR MICROPHONE

as a courtesy to fellow class students.  

If the audio or video cuts out

try moving closer to your router,

mute the video camera icon,

and turn off devices like Roku, firestick, etc. 

And DO NOT CLICK ON THE ANNOTATE BUTTONS

for they send automatic messages to the presenter.   

Any other questions?

Call the OLLI WEBEX ASSISTANCE LINE

513-538-7711

Good Luck! 

And have a fulfilling online learning experience.  

Two Dogs

Lil Paws is the naughty one

A little punk pipsqueak 

Who yaps at the big guys on Ludlow Ave. 

Even the Great Swiss Mountain Dog

Thirteen pounds but 

The loudest barker in our neighborhood 

Back home Lil Paws chews up undies

Ball point pens

Pastries on the breakfast table  

Pooped on the rug two times

Ate two holes in the quilt

Clearly a descendant of wolves  

But remarkably cute nonetheless 

Loves being petted

Snuggles up at night in the bed

Likes to lie on my chest  

Iko is older, better mannered

Never does anything wrong 

But he doesn’t have quite as much fun  

Twice the size of his Yorkie brother

Though still he gets bullied around 

A miniature Schnauzer

Rarely groomed, lots of mats 

Iko follows me from room to room 

Like my buddy  

Naps at my feet

Puts his paws on the arm of my chair

When he wants attention  

A pretty good rough-houser

Lies on his back

Grumbles contentedly 

And kicks four legs in the air 

Both dogs like going for walks

Lil Paws charges out in front

Straining on the leash

Pulling me along

But Iko lags behind

Sniffing every pole, every hydrant

Or clump of gladiolas

The dogs growl at pedestrians in masks

But otherwise are one with the world 

Now What?

These masks are making me edgy

Are those my neighbors or crooks?   

The world has lost half its smiles   

And where are the pretty girls’ looks?  

And what about staying apart?

Six feet may, in fact, be too little

No handshakes, no hugs, no touches

Connections are tattered and brittle

We’ve lost many good things in life 

Imprisoned as we are in our house  

The germs are the guards for this jail 

At least I’m locked up with my spouse 

Will this be the plot for the rest of our days?

Can we have any hope we'll defeat the malaise?