AFCI Have you (if you’re over the age of 70) received our recent mailing, The Beat Goes On, volume 2? If so, we hope you found some useful/interesting segments. We’d love to hear your feedback, so as to make the next volume even better. If you weren’t eligible, you’ll still have an opportunity to read […]
Citizen Columns
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Movie Review/’Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero’
NOTE: This movie is available in both an English-dubbed version and a Japanese version with English subtitles. This review is based on The English-dubbed version. Here we are with another anime movie based on a property that is entirely unfamiliar to me. Actually, that’s not true – I’ve at least heard of “Dragon Ball” (though […]
Age-friendly Community Initiative
AFCI Hats off to John Reilly, AFCI friend, who is painting one of our benches! John has demonstrated talent, and we can’t wait to see the finished product! How about you – would you like to help us out in this way? You may take a bench to your home to finish. Or maybe you’re […]
Backyard Reflections: Elderberry – Is it Time to Take a Second Look?
“Plants are an integral way to reweave the connection between land and people.” Robin Wall Kimmerer – Scientist/ Author I begin this column with my own story. Yesterday I spent ‘gathering in’. Going to the places where medicine still grows wild. My relationship to the land is strengthened by these forays into marsh, mud, thorny […]
Age-Friendly Community Initiative
Remember that if you are over 65, you may get an AFCI N2N ride to events in the community, as well as any other local commitment like grocery shopping or a visit with a friend – and many out-of-town locations. Contact information is below. Community Have you always wanted to try your hand at acting […]
Movie Review/’Nope’
I had to take a week off from the column three weeks ago when “Nope” opened at #1 at the domestic box office. While I’m not sorry that I gave all my attention to a wedding that weekend (shoutout to my Uncle John and new aunt Amy!), it is a shame that this movie didn’t […]
Age-Friendly Community Initiative
AFCI Remember that if you are over 65, you may get an AFCI N2N ride to events in the community, almost any other local commitment like grocery shopping or a visit with a friend – and many out-of-town locations. Contact information below. Community Sponsored by the Museums of the Bethel Historical Society, the first two […]
Movie Review/’Bullet Train’
I love movies like “Bullet Train.” Get a bunch of thieves, assassins, and criminal types in a compact space and watch them careen and bounce off each other like bumper cars for two hours. It helps that I also like trains. Taking a train out of Penn Station in New York City is my favorite […]
Energy Matters/Good News for Energy Conscious Households
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 will offer some nice opportunities for households to save on energy costs and reduce their carbon dioxide emissions. Electric vehicle tax credits, an extension of the residential rooftop solar tax credit, a new 30% tax credit for residential battery storage systems, direct rebates to low and moderate-income households, and […]
Backyard reflections/Monarchs on the Wing: From Maine to New Mexico
I am going to begin this essay with a personal story. Yesterday was a gorgeous blue and gold day and I was walking through my milkweed-strewn field when suddenly I discovered a baby monarch caterpillar chewing up a leaf… I was just starting new research for this essay and so I was very excited. […]