by mkellent | Jul 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
Last weekend I went to a 87th birthday party for poet, Morgan Gibson! How can anyone refuse an invitation to an 87th birthday? And certainly not one for a poet whose continued curiosity and excitement about the world keeps him creating. I walked down the drive to the...
by mkellent | Jul 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
I look at the gap in this blog – no entries for months -and I reflect on the reasons. I note how artwork, a major nourishing and centering force in my life, has been lacking. I remember with regret, the occasions with family and friends that I turned down, the...
by mkellent | Feb 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
Every now and then I read that the youth of today are self-absorbed, caught in the thrall of technological socializing, and seemingly oblivious to the larger world. However recently, I saw evidence to the contrary in the Mentoring program I coordinate. The project for...
by mkellent | Dec 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
Last week HowlRound from Emerson College published this piece I wrote about the Mentoring program I’ve worked on for about 5 years : Where do older adults fit into our world today? This question is currently one of great concern, politically, socially, and...
by mkellent | Oct 26, 2015 | Inspiration, Purpose, Working in the Field
When people see a building with “seniors” in the name they often tend to think of a depressing place – a “warehouse where people wait to die” This is scandalous and I have spent the last 14 years changing the fact of senior apartment buildings, while specializing in...
