The Spice of Life

Featuring: Vidya Ravikumar, Registered Dietician in Food Services, Stoddard Baptist Global Care If you like Ethiopian cuisine, you’re probably familiar with Berbere, a blend of spices used in a variety of savory dishes. Berbere is made with chile peppers, fenugreek,...

‘Holy Mic’ – Moving Seniors with Music

Featuring: Charita Wells, Activities Assistant, Carroll Manor “Gospel music is nothing but singing of good tidings — spreading the good news. It will last as long as any music because it is sung straight from the human heart.”  ― Mahalia Jackson Probably more...

Getting Bored is Not Allowed

Featuring: Marsy Shattuck, Activities Assistant, Knollwood Life Plan Community As a child, you may have read Eloise, the well-loved children’s book which chronicles the adventures of its eponymous heroine. Eloise is a precocious six-year-old girl who lives on the top...

Cultural Heritage That Honors Our Elders

Featuring Denise Cox, Care Manager, Arosa If you’ve been keeping up with Jared Diamond (author, anthropologist and UCLA geography Professor), you may have listened to his TED talk on how different cultures in traditional and modern societies treat their elderly. In...

Greeters, Greenery, Gadgetry — and Gratitude

Our community hospital is extraordinary. It was designed by the architect who created the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. The main reception area is light and spacious with skylights and a dome-covered 40-foot koi pond. Large...

The Kindness of Strangers

Featuring: Nancy Smith, Transportation, Knollwood Life Plan Community We’ve all heard the parable of the Good Samaritan, the story about a traveler on his way to Jerusalem who is attacked by robbers, stripped of his clothes, beaten and left half dead on the road.  A...