by admin | Dec 12, 2019 | Individual Aging
The past year presented me with a fork in the road on which I had been traveling for a long time. My choice was to continue to work in the field of Creative Aging, which I started almost by accident in the late 1970’s, or to go in a new direction. I had spent...
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...
by mkellent | Apr 4, 2015 | I never thought I could, Individual Aging, Rod Paton, Working in the Field
Recently I had a conversation about meaning and purpose in later life with Dr. Rod Paton from the University of Chichester, England when he was in Los Angeles. He mentioned that he was supposed to retire 8 years ago but had not. Instead, he re-directed some of his...
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...
