Recently, while scooping up ‘toadpoles’ from the edge of the pond where marsh grasses, cattails, and bushes thrive, I had a conversation with my neighbor about some of the problems associated with people who left bright lights on all night around the lake. This woman missed the firefly display and was aware that light pollution […]

“Am I too young?” (said nobody ever) Too young to start working to make our community better for people in their 70’s, 80’s and 90’s? Never! Many of us, of course, are already there, but if you’re not … first, with luck, you may still be in the community at those ages and be thankful […]

AFCI mailing. The Age Friendly Community Initiative recently embarked on an ambitious program to reach out to older adults in our 6-town region. Thanks to the financial support of the Bethel Rotary Club, we sent out packets with a wide variety of items of interest, including wonderful contributions from students at the Eddy School, Telstar […]

Fall enrollments are open. Time to think about going to college. It’s never been easier for most of us. For centuries college teaching was all face-to-face. At first, professors read out very rare and expensive handwritten books; students scribbled like mad. Then the printing press made textbooks possible; the better professors explained what the students […]