Council on Aging
Open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Telephone: 781-396-6010
Announcements
Coffee & Conversation: 1-2 p.m. Thursdays. A way for older adults in the community to connect with others safely and easily by phone. No need to leave your home! Join Stephanie Chissler, coordinator of the Aging in Balance Department at MelroseWakefield Healthcare, for these weekly calls. Call in once or call in every week for conversation, support, resource sharing and tips to reduce stress and anxiety. Bring your own coffee or tea and join in the conversation. For information, call 1-646-558-8656. When asked, enter meeting ID #131-672-167##.
‘The Project’ free summer arts program for North Alabama high school students seeks applicants
The deadline to apply is April 15.
Posted: Mar 16, 2021 2:38 PM
Posted By: WAAY 31
The Alabama Center for the Arts is excited to announce the return of “The Project,” a free summer arts program for high school sophomores, juniors and seniors who are interested in the arts. The deadline to apply is April 15.
The Project has created a fun yet intensive two-week program that will expose high school students to the vast world of storytelling. Campers will gain in-depth, hands-on training in the world of visual and performing arts. The program will teach stop motion animation, which encompasses sculpture, puppetry, and recording Foley sound effects. In addition, participants will also learn how to create their short animated pieces, which will include drawing, painting, and film production of their content.
The public is invited to attend the General Meeting of the La Palma-Cerritos Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) on Thursday, March 18, 2021. It will be a Virtual Zoom meeting in the evening with a Waiting Room opening at 6:30 p.m.
Miryam Fernandez. Courtesy photo.
A presentation at 7:00 p.m. by guest speaker Miryam Fernandez will focus on her story as “An Immigrant’s Success Story of the American Dream.”
Miryam was born in Peru and came to the United States at the age of five. She will be telling about her experiences living in the United States, serving in the U.S. Air Force, and succeeding in her educational goals in her teaching career. A brief business meeting will follow her presentation.
By Carole Carson | Submitted to The Union
My husband jokingly told me he thought maybe I was religious because I kept talking about the hereafter, as in, “What did I come in here after?”
If, like me, you find yourself walking into a room wondering what you came for, be assured you are not alone. Common to individuals of any age, what we are experiencing is the “doorway effect.”
Indeed, researchers found that walking through a doorway resets memory. Recent temporary memories are discarded, hence the puzzling problem of not remembering what we came into a room for.
Ongoing research on how the brain records, processes, utilizes, stores and retrieves vast quantities of information is being conducted under the umbrella of the national BRAIN Initiative. Until we get the benefit of the research, however, we still have the practical problem of how to preserve our own unique memory capability.
By Carole Carson | Submitted to The Union
“What are we, if not an accumulation of our memories?” asks S.J. Watson, author of the international bestseller “Before I Go to Sleep.”
Memory is fundamental to our well-being. It links our past with the present, allowing us to draw on our experiences to help us today. Simultaneously, it provides continuity with what will be. And if you think about it, even creativity is driven by memory.
Memory capabilities and deficits are inherited. Yet because a functioning memory is so critical to our welfare, we can still take steps to protect our inheritance. Based on my research, I’ve categorized five ways memories are damaged below.