Category: Community
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International Extravaganza
Once a year the diversity and inclusion Council at Charlestown holds an International Extravaganza. This year staff were involved with exhibit tables. There were also tasting stations with food samples. Dan and I put together a Celtic Heritage table highlighting the similarilities between the Irish and Scottish heritage. Posted with Blogsy
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Retire is a Misnomer
When I think about this past month, the term retire just doesn’t fit. The dictionary says RETIRE means leave one’s job and cease to work, typically upon reaching the normal age for leaving employment. It certainly doesn’t reflect what is happening with me. I was scrambling to complete tasks related to chairing the Nominating and…
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Harmonious Living
What does it mean to live in community? Everyone has their own version of what it means. It helps me to think about the Golden Rule. Always look for the best in others and avoid gossip. There are always people who are unhappy about one thing or another. Management must get frustrated with some of…
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Community Living
I serve on the Residents’ Council of a large CCRC in the Mid-Atlantic area. Group work doesn’t go away in retirement. It continues with 18 committees focusing on dining, finance, housekeeping, conservation, health, communications. grounds, safety and security. I’ll stop there. I don’t want to bore you any more. So even though we have very…
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Too Busy
Time flies when I am busy so it is no surprise that I have not been making consistent entries in my blog. With my election to the Resident Council, I now have more meetings to attend. My month includes the Resident Council meeting, the Work Session, and the Communications Committee that I now chair. I…
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Elections
I got elected! That’s to the Charlestown Resident Council. After a month long “campaign,” residents voted for 7 of the 13 candidates. Now the fun begins.
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Living in Community
My blog has focused on our travel and life adventures, but now that we are settled at Charlestown Retirement Community I am going to take a different tack. Life in “community” is different from living in a single family home or even in an impersonal apartment building. We are now living in community with some…
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International Event
Harper Griswold asked me to help him setup the Scottish Society table for the 3rd Annual International Extravaganza. Several other nationalities were represented by residents displaying items from their countries of heritage or where they worked or did mission work. Ethic food samples were very popular with lines and the entertainment room was standing room…