Keep pedaling
By Janice Lindsay, Contributing Writer
The summer I was 7, I was obsessed. I desperately wanted – no, I desperately needed – a bike.
Not that...
The gift of more…and less
By Marianne Delorey, Ph.D.
Minimalism isn’t about removing the things you love. It’s about removing the things that distract you from the things you love....
New AARP Analysis: COVID Cases and Deaths Continue to Rise in Massachusetts Nursing Homes
By Mike Festa, State Director, AARP Massachusetts
Nursing home residents and staff experienced an increase in coronavirus cases in the four weeks ending August 22,...
Coincidence? Or not?
By Janice Lindsay, Contributing Writer
I haven’t studied the saints and I don’t spend much time thinking about them. But I know that October 4...
We are all one and one person can make a difference
By Marianne Delorey, Ph.D.
“The youth walk faster but the elderly know the road” – African Ubuntu Proverb
There is a philosophy in many African countries...
New AARP Analysis Shows Nursing Home Vaccination Rates in Massachusetts Still Short of Benchmark
Calls for Nursing Homes to Require COVID Vaccines for Staff and Residents
BY MIKE FESTA, STATE DIRECTOR, AARP MASSACHUSETTS
Cases of COVID-19 decreased among Massachusetts nursing...
Just a little scared
By Janice Lindsay, Contributing Writer
When my granddaughter was four, she attended a friend’s birthday party at an outdoor amusement park. Its central feature was a...
Apply early and often for housing as you age
By Marianne Delorey, Ph.D.
“You can’t plan for everything or you never get started in the first place." ...
AARP Awards Four Massachusetts Organizations with Community Grants as Part of its Successful Nationwide...
BY MIKE FESTA, STATE DIRECTOR, AARP MASSACHUSETTS
AARP Massachusetts has announced four Bay State organizations will receive 2021 Community Challenge grants – part of the...
Summer insects; some are magical
By Janice Lindsay, Contributing Writer
I awoke around midnight and, unable to sleep, I watched out the window as flickering lights floated above the grassy...
