by mkellent | Nov 29, 2014 | Individual Aging
I hope I will always be able to dance because dancing provides a doorway into a different time and space. I seem to move on from fear or sadness or stress, as I did recently. Driving on a Los Angeles freeway, in rush hour in the dark, I tried to ignore the dreaded...
by mkellent | Nov 29, 2014 | Individual Aging
I recently spent a weekend with 7 other women between 58 and 72. One sunlit morning, we sat around the breakfast table with its line of little vases of bright blossoms marching down the center. Feeling expansive, well fed, and cocooned in an atmosphere of...
by mkellent | Nov 24, 2014 | Inspiration, Working in the Field
Cannot think of a better description…… <<We believe that an individual’s potential does not recede as he or she ages but remains ready for recognition and realization. Each individual benefits from realizing that potential because it reminds them...
by mkellent | Nov 10, 2014 | Inspiration, Working in the Field
Tony, a resident at one of the Arts Colonies where I work, had written a play about a young writer interacting with a group of seniors who thought of themselves as nobodies. He entered it into a competition I arranged, and although it made the final cut, it did not...
by mkellent | Sep 22, 2014 | Context, Individual Aging
Thoughts on our own aging….. Walking through filtered sunlight in the woods glowing with color and texture, we playfully crunch the dry leaves with each step and listen to how the bird calls and sounds of creatures weave together. It is a great day, we are in shape...
