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What’s in a Name?
What does continuing care retirement community mean to you? Do you think of old, feeble, not for me? So do others. Leading Age joined with Mathers Lifeways in Evanston, Il to come up with a new name for our type of living arrangement. They called it CCRC Namestorm to create a name to replace the…
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Padre Island, Texas
This blog started out as a travel blog with reports from our travels. Our travels slowed down when we moved to Charlestown in 2012. It seems harder to get away for trips with my committee commitments. But a trip to Padre Island, the barrier island near Corpus Christi took care of the travel bug for…
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End of Life Conversations
We had an interesting panel discussion covering end of life topics last month. The panel members included an attorney specializing in retirement and life planning, a funeral director, the security manager, and a social worker. It was a good reminder to learn about what documents we need so others know what we desire as we…
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Jefferson Had It Right
As Thomas Jefferson said, “I cannot live without books.” After attending the Baltimore Country Public Library Books & Conversation & Coffee, I thought about the technology I use to read books. I still like to have a book in my hand, but it sure makes it easy to carry an reader when traveling. I use…
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Help Kickstart A Project
I don’t remember where I first heard about Kickstarter. It was probably a link from another site back in 2012. The project seeking funding sounded intriguing. Yes, I want one of those, I thought. I will gamble for a few bucks. My credit card isn’t charged until the project meets the funding goal. And so…
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Seniors and Technology
Everyone has a different learning style. But what gets me is the people that don’t seem to know how to learn about new devices whether it be a new computer, reader, tablet or smartphone. These are people who have been in careers needing smarts. Where is their curiosity? I know highly skilled people in crafts,…
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Lifelong Learning
It’s been a week of juggling projects for the Blogging class, the Apple User Group, and the Residents’ Council. I feel like I am working again. That’s not a complaint. The hours and days fly by. I keep up with the Apple product changes using videos and message boards. It is amazing what you can…
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Live Theater, Film and Music
It has been a week of cultural activities for us. Thursday night we attended the Center Stage production of Next to Normal, the rock musical. This Tony winning and Pultizer Prize musical tackles the family dynamics of a bipolar mother and wife. The two-story set is amazing and worth the price of admission. This was…