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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…
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Charlestown Apple Users
I missed my involvement in an Apple User Group so I figure why not start an Apple User Group here at Charlestown. I love all things Apple and I have been getting requests from folks to help them. I have been mentioning I use an iPad and iMac and the frustration comes out. “I got…
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Bereavement Services
I wrote about my loss of sister, mother and father a few months ago. One of the things that has been helpful for me to understand the grieving process and hear other stories has been the monthly support group sponsored by Professional Health Resources Bereavement Support Services. Fred Schneider, LCSW-C is the coordinator and leads…
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Community Living is Great
Life is easy living in community. With the winter almost over, we can start walking outside from building to building rather than talking the walkways. All the buildings are connected with walkways so traveling from our apartment to the medical center or the fitness center can be accomplished inside. I can bank, shop for light…
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Loss and More Loss
First it was my 63 year old sister, Mary. She died September 3, 2012 after three weeks in the hospital when her comprised lungs from COPD couldn’t fight off pneumonia. Three weeks later, my 95-year old mother died of pneumonia after a week long illness. We returned from Ireland a week early to be at…
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Ireland Again
Dan and I headed to Ireland for the 6th and 5th time respectively. This time we traveled with relatives and their friends for a total of six of us. After our Aer Lingus trip from Chicago to Dublin, we toured the city for two days before meeting up with our van and driver for the…
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Wheels and More Wheels
Charlestown is a big community with over 1700 folks living just in independent living. We have shuttle buses that take us around the campus and to the local stores and doctors offices. At the recent Resident Council meeting, we learned that Charlestown owns 2 ambulances, 8 service trucks, 7 pick-up trucks, 5 vans, 12 sedans/SUVs,…