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Picture Books For Elders

Archive for August, 2010

How I Swept Ingrid Off Her Feet

“You’ve had experience with this”, the host implied admiringly when I engaged his elder mother in conversation at his party.  I’m often noted for my interaction with elders,  indicating it might be uncommon and perhaps acquired. When I began my teaching career in the late 80′s, there was often a similar intonation regarding the way [...]

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You never grow old until you’ve lost all your marvels

This sentiment by Merry Browne, on a bookmark presented to me a few years ago at a coaching retreat, highlighted where my spirit resided at the time: In awe, obviously marveling at all-that-is. This past weekend, when my daughter and I went to see the opening of Eat, Pray, Love, one of Julia Robert’s lines [...]

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