Winter Solstice
Winter Solstice Written By: Loretta Jaunzarins Soon, the darkening days will reach their climax on December 21. That morning, though we won’t [...]
Aging with Spirit: Living the Questions
Aging with Spirit: Living the Questions By Ellen Ryan "...be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and [...]
Creativity Fosters Mindfulness and Flourishing in Later Life
Creativity Fosters Mindfulness and Flourishing in Later Life By Ellen Ryan Twenty years ago, I was just [...]
Digging Into Wellness: How Gardening Helps Older Adults Thrive
Digging Into Wellness: How Gardening Helps Older Adults Thrive by Natalia Presta, McMaster Student Volunteer with Hamilton Aging in Community Gardening is [...]
Wind Phones
Have you heard about wind phones? I sought out the one at Ball’s Falls Conservation Area in the Niagara Region. I [...]
In Praise of Walking
I became a walker thirty years ago. Initially, I walked every day - around the block with a cane to strengthen [...]
Flourishing – What is it and How Do We Achieve it?
Written By Ellen Ryan In November, I attended the Global Scientific Conference on Human Flourishing online along with 3,000 others from [...]
Late Life Creativity for Artists and Amateurs
Written by Ellen Ryan Research backs up this dancer’s comments encouraging others like herself to jump into new creative activities at [...]
Art and Letters for Seniors: Intergenerational Connections in Times of Social Isolation
Written by: Stephanie Wickens (McMaster Student of Gerontology and Hamilton Aging in Community Member) Since the beginning of March, we have [...]
Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra Seniors Programs
Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra Seniors Programs BLOG written by Guest, Megan Nourse of the HPO At the HPO, we consider music [...]