by mkellent | May 12, 2021 | Inspiration, Our world, Purpose, Reflections, social reflections
Each day they entered with muffled greetings, their plastic shrouds rustling. There was an inevitable flurry of activity as they consulted dials and meters. Somewhere behind goggles I imagined I could see their eyes while anonymous hands checked the various tubes...
by mkellent | Apr 25, 2021 | Inspiration, people who are aging with purpose, social reflections
Looking back over the last 5 months I see how much change there is, both within me and without. I used to say half-seriously that I am not a noun but a verb. Most of the nouns, the solid unchanging entities in my world, have become become dynamic and shifting. The...
by admin | Jul 10, 2020 | Inspiration, Our world
Some encouraging news – and I am encouraged by the creativity, resourcefulness and energy of young people. From drowning out horrible hashtags, RSVPing to harmful events, and donating to Black Lives Matter https://blacklivesmatter.com, KPop fans – who may be too...
by admin | Jun 30, 2020 | Our world, social reflections, Uncategorized
Unacknowledged Grief is…………….. everywhere On the news, lurking at the edges of webinars, in the different ways of connecting in these days of sheltering, I see and feel grief. Not just my own, but also that of others – many others. ...
by admin | Jun 21, 2020 | Media, Our world, Regeneration
Hi! Is anyone out there? It has been very long since I wrote, and in this protracted period of silence so much has changed on every level -international, national, regional, local and personal levels. We have all been changed. This blog once was about creative aging....
by mkellent | Feb 29, 2020 | I never thought I could, Our world
I love to walk the dogs in my new neighborhood. A creek flows just a block or so away. On my first visit I saw how this beautiful creek was filled with plastic trash. I saw this lovely white heron peck up a shiny piece of trash for food. I couldn’t stop...