Lifelong Learning

How to Practice Gratitude

Published: November 19, 2020 What type are you - a glass half full or a glass half empty person? Or are you more likely to say “it depends”? For instance,…

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Discovering Poetry - National Poetry Month with Kendal at Oberlin

Published: April 6, 2023   Some of us were lucky enough to stumble onto poetry at a young age through nursery rhymes and Shakespeare, or the mesmerizing lyrics of poets…

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Birders: It's Time to Head Outside!

Published: April 29, 2021 There are approximately 39 million of us who enjoy our hobby from home and another 16 million who like to venture out with binoculars in hand.…

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month

Published: October 18, 2023 Did you once naively think you could keep track of all your passwords on one sheet of paper? With the novelty of emails, did you consider…

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Back to School for Older Adult Students

Published: September 8, 2023 It’s that time of year when children young and old head back to the classroom, but so do hundreds of older adults. From college language classes…

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Celebrating Black History Month - 2021

Published: February 4, 2021 February has been Black History Month for a long time  –  95 years in fact. But this year the monthlong celebration is especially robust given the…

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Yoga Teacher Training: Never Too Old

Published: May 11, 2022   “Next spring, turning 70, gives me pause. Restless, but for what?” I wrote in my journal in October 2021. Two months later I enrolled in…

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On the Road with Road Scholar

Published: October 27, 2021 During Maggie Stark’s 27-year tenure working at Kendal at Oberlin she heard countless residents rave about their travel experiences with Elderhostel, now called Road Scholar.  “When…

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Books to Read & to Share

Published: November 18, 2021 Cold days and longer nights plus holiday giving means ‘tis the season to browse bookstores and reading lists to find the perfect books to read and…

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