Relationships and Going Places
John Muir's A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf and the A Walk in the Wild Exhibit
I Had long been looking from the wildwoods and gardens of the Northern States to those of the warm South, and at last, all draw-backs overcome, I set forth [from Indianapolis] on the first day of September, 1867, joyful and free, on a thousand-mile walk to the Gulf of Mexico. more »
Driving Miss Daisy: Providing Alternative Transportation Services for Seniors
Many of the drivers who volunteer to help seniors in the ITN program are themselves elderly. By participating, they earn credits that they can store and use later as they grow older, or donate to family members or the poor. Seniors who use the service pay an annual membership fee of $40 for an individual, or $65 for a family. more »
An Old Story and a Cautionary Tale
There are those who fade like cut flowers when they retire, there are those who won’t even try to stop working because they don't know what to do with themselves other than labor for a living, and there are those who can hardly wait for the free time and lightened pressure of unlimited leisure. more »
Swinging from the Branches of My Family Tree
Even a novice like me can see that it’s impossible for a man born in 1709 to be married to woman born in 1590, and yet it’s out there. This ‘fact’ also showed they had children; motherhood at the mature age of 130 years with a husband only 11 years old. Really? I’ve also observed one photograph assigned to several different identities. That being said, there just may be that one hint buried in the midst of it all that will be the key to where you should look next. Repeat after me, "It’s a hint, not a fact!" more »
