Senior Center News – June 27, 2019
“The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent upon it, can still ripen a bunch of…
Senior Center News – June 13, 2019
“Green was the silence, wet was the light, the month of June trembled like a butterfly.” – Pablo Neruda, 100…
Senior Center News – May 30, 2019
“And so, with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow…
Senior Center News – May 16, 2019
“We cannot stop the winter or the summer from coming. We cannot stop the spring, or the fall, or…
Senior Center News – May 2, 2019
As you know, the Senior Center does not sell cars or clothes, but it certainly does embody the other values mentioned in the quote. After having been at the wonderful Annual Volunteer Appreciation Dinner last week at the Old Lantern, it is very evident that it takes a veritable village of volunteers to make the Senior Center community possible.
Movement, Music and Joy
It was mid March and I woke up to heavy, wet snow. I growled out the window, “Hey, it’s almost spring. Enough!” Then I panicked as I thought, “Is the Charlotte Senior Center going to be open? Is Liesje Smith, the teacher of my movement/dance class, going to make it in the snow?”
Senior Center News – April 18, 2019
Returning last weekend from Seattle, it was clear the party had already started there—about a month ago. Unfortunately, the temperature had not caught up with the flowering trees, so my jacket was necessary.
Senior Center News – April 3, 2019
Well, yes—and sometimes, no. The numbered spot where I park my car in front of my place has a significant indentation and loves to gather all the water available from surrounding areas. Not a puddle—more like a pond. Maddeningly, the water is only at the driver’s side rear door and not on the passenger’s side at all. Of course, this rear door is the one I use to stash my items to take to work, etc.
Senior Center News – March 20, 2019
“Music comes from an icicle as it melts, to live again as spring water.” ~ Henry Williamson Just today,…
Senior Center News – March 7, 2019
Looking for quotes to use here can be rather time consuming. Considering spring was coming (soon?) and Daylight Savings Time was almost here, I searched ‘new beginnings,’ ‘anticipation,’ ‘impatience’ and ‘time’ for quotes. (And by the way, did you realize that in 1970, DST started on April 26?) So, after quite a while, this search had to end.
Charlotte Senior Center News – Feb. 20, 2019
Sound a little familiar? Which type are you? How is it that when we are young we are often compelled to think we have the answers? Yet as we age, many of us realize that we do not—even though we have had several decades of living to discover them. Actually, if we are lucky, we come to love the questions.
Senior Center News – Feb. 6, 2019
Have you noticed that your attitude toward snow changes as the season wears on? At the outset, it’s that wonderful, magical, winter wonderland stuff—and in March, it’s a guest who has stayed too late after the party.
Senior Center News – Jan. 23, 2019
So many words for cold: nippy, frigid, freezing, brutal, brisk, refreshing, crisp, bitter, glacial, biting, piercing, numbing, raw, arctic – and a few others I’ve never heard of, like gelid and brumal. But, living in Vermont, we all know that there is cold – and then there is COLD.
Charlotte Senior Center News – Jan. 9, 2019
Winter in Vermont: Snowy. Cold. Dark. Umm, how about two out of three? For me, the snow (the more the better) and the cold (okay to -20F) present both a challenge and an adventure.
Senior Center receives a delicious holiday lunch
On Monday December 17th, Chef Roland and Lisa Gaujac provided the Senior Center with a delicious holiday lunch. We…
Senior Center News Dec 12, 2018
Having your sip of joy might be easier than you think. Just remembering where you’ve tasted it before might…
Senior Center News – Nov. 28, 2018
Okay, so perhaps you think that it’s easy for Hawking to talk about “the joy of discovering”—after all, he was doing ‘important work.’ But that need not be the yardstick. Not long ago, I waited in my car for an extended time for a friend at the bus station. I had the time to observe a spider (with my car window closed) on a web it had spun between the side-view mirror and the body of my car.
Charlotte Senior Center News – Nov. 14, 2018
Some of my grateful moments are these: Driving by the two teenaged girls jogging down the road with their ponytails swaying in unison. The colony of seagulls widely spaced out on the field, strutting around in different directions and looking as though they forgot why they had come. The daily courtesy of a driver letting you into traffic.
Senior Center News – Oct. 17, 2018
This quote probably describes the state of mind of many of our Senior Center visitors. Being “retired” seems to have the image of bored, older citizens at loose ends with not much to do. On the contrary, our participants have trouble fitting another course or activity into their daily schedules with family and volunteering with many, many organizations. One common refrain is: “I’d love to do that, but I just don’t have the time.” It certainly makes planning programs a challenge!
Charlotte Senior Center News
Ah, yes, those scary words: old age. This quote seems to suggest that it might just be an attitude or a mindset more than anything. So perhaps to “triumph over old age” can also mean to change your mind about categorizing yourself—and others. Whatever the case, the concept of an “unwrinkled heart” is something I just want to savor rather than analyze.