Archive for 2011

WRITE FOR REMEMBRANCE

Profile- Ann Carson, Toronto Poet; Jack Layton’s Letter to Canadians as Ethical Will; Book Review: Neenah Ellis, If I Live to be 100: Lessons from the Centenarians; Toni Morrison quotation.

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WRITE TO SHARE CAREGIVING LESSONS

Profile: Kathleen Banchoff, family caregiving stories and support; Book & Website Review: Susan and John McFadden, Aging Together: Dementia, Friendship, and Flourishing Communities; Caregiving Websites;

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WRITE TO TEACH PEACE

Happy Mandela Day – Nelson Mandela, at 93, is celebrated with children singing across South Africa and with volunteer work across the world, 67 minutes for each year Mandela spent in active politics. Mandela’s elders for peace movement: see http://www.theelders.org/. Quotations about peace.

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Contact Info
Ellen Ryan, webhost: info@writingdownouryears.ca
Dep’t of Health, Aging and Society, KTH – 226, McMaster University Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1
(905) 525-9140 Extension: 27035
Ellen B. Ryan Ph. D.
Professor Emeritus,
McMaster University
Specialist in Aging: Psychology, Communication, Spirituality, Writing Facilitator
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