Why the Thursday circle reads a single guide
Six people and four stacks can fill an evening with half-finished questions. The circle refuses that shape.
One booklet on the table
Park sets the same title at every place. The confirmation email names it a few days ahead, so nobody arrives expecting allowances and finds the envelope guide instead. Switching topics mid-evening used to happen whenever a new visitor brought a fresh worry. The notes from those nights were hard to reread, because each person had heard a different half.
A single guide gives the room a shared page number. When someone asks what a large allowance can do later, the answer is read from the spread, then talked through. The next person can point at the same paragraph.
What gets saved for the desk
Personal floor plans, family arguments about where to hide paper, and a specific allowance list are poor circle topics. They expose details other chairs do not need. Min stops those threads and offers the desk instead. The circle keeps examples that could belong to anyone in the room.
The seventy-five minutes include ten at the end for marking the page each person will reread. That mark is the souvenir. Tea is on the side table so the booklet stays dry.
The first and third Thursdays are listed on the circle page. Write if you want the next open chair.