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A Mania For Clipping!
Jul 1 - Oct 14 ~ AARP Tax-Aide Tax Clinic ~ File, amend or a problem? Call us. Free. AARP Tax-Aide, 2095 Franklin Ave, Santa Rosa, 707-327-2401, aarpca2.orga
Jul 3 - Aug 7 ~ Managing Concerns About Falls ~ Free, 3-5p, Rohnert Park Senior Center, 6800 Hunter Drive, Rohnert Park, 707-565-5936, Dana, sonomacounty. ca.gov, djacoby@schsd.org
Jul 11 - Sep 26 ~ Heart Connection Group ~ $5, Free for Members. 1:30- 3p, Sebastopol Senior Center, 167 N. High St, Sebastopol, 707-829-2440, sebastopolseniorcenter.org
Jul 5 - Jul 26 ~ Senior Ballroom Dancing with Great Bands ~ Line Dancing with a great band each week. Non-Members $9, 1-4p, Finley Auditorm, 2070 West College Ave., Santa Rosa, 707-543-3737, Billie Erkel
Jul 8 - Aug 26 ~ Managing Concerns About Falls ~ Free 8-session program. Free, Burbank Heights & Orchards, 7777 Bodega Avenue, Sebastopol, 707- 565-5936, Dana, sonomacounty.ca.gov/, mob@schsd.org
Jul 11 - Aug 29 ~ Managing Concerns About Falls ~ Free 8-session program., Fitch Mountain Terrace Apts, 720 Fitch Mountain Rd, Healdsburg, 707-565- 5936, Dana, sonomacounty.ca.gov, mob@schsd.org
Jul 16 ~ Free advance care planning workshop ~ Who will speak for you if you can’t speak? Free, 5:30-7:30p, Sonoma County Dept. of Health Services, 1450 Neotomas Ave., Santa Rosa, 707-565- 5950, MyCareMyPlanSonoma.org, aasecretary@schsd.org
Jul 25 ~ Free LGBT+ Training for All Caregivers ~ Free, 12:30-4:30p, Vintage House Sonoma, 246 First St. East, Sonoma, 707-565-5700, eventbrite.com
My friends and family will probably nod their heads and roll their eyes knowingly!
There is no denying that another envelope will no doubt land in their mail, soon, with something I decided needed to be “shared.”
Whether it is just something amusing, enlightening, politically significant, a new archeological discovery, or something I hope might influence a point of view – I just can’t help clipping. Actually, I don’t remember a time when I read a newspaper, magazine, report or book without scissors, tape, or place saver tabs handy.
Jul 31 ~ Genetic Testing for Alzheimer’s
It started a very long time ago when my Dad’s close friend taught me how to meaningfully read the New York Times! Frank S. was a stately old gent who would visit our home on holidays and would drive all the way to Boston on Sundays just to get his copy of the Sunday New York Times. I was probably about 13 when I first became fascinated with that pattern. Boston was about 40 miles from our rural home, and it seemed to me a very important ritual. He would return, accept a fresh cup of coffee from Mother then get settled in our living room and start reading.
~ Seniors 60-75. Free, 12-7p, North Bay Neuroscience Institute, 7064 Corline Ct, Suite A, Sebastopol, 707-827- 3593, northbayneuro.org, inquiry@ northbayneuro.org
I remember the first time Frank noticed me spying on him with a curious look on my face. He’d fold the paper down and look over the top at me with
a smile. Then one morning, he said I could either join him, learn to read the paper—or stop staring at him from the doorway! That was the beginning of a life- long love affair with the New York Times!
Ongoing ~ Free Rides for Seniors ~ by WCCS. Pick up RR Senior Center, RR Health Center & Monte Rio & Forestville. Call 707-823-1640 x140
Rides to Medical and Social Services Appointments ~ Call to arrange rides - FREE for members of the Cloverdale Senior Community Center, 311 North Main Street, Cloverdale, 707-894-4826 Elizabeth, cloverdaleseniorcenter.com
Frank coached me into an important habit. We would read the Times from cover to cover, and, at certain times, he would ask me to tell him “what I got” out of a particular aspect! He insisted that it was important to read all the sections.
Ongoing ~ Senior Dining Room Lunch
He believed you needed an “overview” of understanding of what was happening in the world – not just what was specifically to your personal interest. He believed that the Sunday New York Times was a reliable source for getting that perspective!
12-2p every Wed. and Fri. 60 and over $4.00, Res Req’d, Russian River Community Center, 15010 Armstrong Woods Rd, Guerneville, 707-869-0618, russianriver.com
Sebastopol Area Senior Center 167 N. High St.Sebastopol, 707-829-2440, sebastopolseniorcenter.org
Jul 13 ~ 60’s Summer Beach Dance Party ~ Comes to Sebastopol for LGBQTI and Friends Outstanding Dance Music, Bling, with Wild 60’s Beach Decorations in every room. $12 adv, $15@door, 6:30p-10p, Sebastopol Area Senior Center, 167 N High St, Sebastopol, 707-829-2440
Thru Sep 26 ~ Heart Connection Group ~ Join the facilitated group to gain greater personal connection and learn to listen with compassion. $5, Free for Members. 1:30-3p
Community Reiki Sessions ~ Reg req’d, Reiki is a healing technique that involves the therapist channeling energy into the patient by means of touch to restore physical and emotional well-being. Sessions are led by Kristen Picard, Reiki Master Teacher. 10:45-12p
Blood Pressure and Glucose Screening - 3rd Thursdays, 12-1 p.m. *when volunteers are available. Suggested Fee: $3 Wisdom Counts Member; $4 Assoc.Members
Rides To Appointments ~ Need a ride to medical and social service appointments? CALL five business days in advance of your appointment, Dean Brittingham, 707- 829-2440 or emaildean@sebastopolseniorcenter.org.
Now, about clipping... Somewhere along the way Frank’s teaching has morphed into my compulsive activity of clip-and-share! It’s like a second-level form of conversation where I have to be within reach of scissors, envelopes ready to stuff, and pens for underling emphasis -- in prep for my HP All-In- One! A highlighter helps, too, and recently, my eldest son gave me a delightful booklet of very elegant “tabs” that make marking places in books so much better than post-its or underlining!
Most of my recipients are gracious... Some even respond! But I do acknowledge it’s really more about me than them! I also believe it is a part
of a solutions package that helps me bridge the often huge void between “interpersonal communication” then, and the impersonal touch of now. Remember when folks spoke primarily directly face-to-face? Remember when one could see facial and body language while talking, arguing, debating and questioning? While texting, emailing and forwarding certainly have awesome benefits, they do lack those other dimensions, and soon retreat into the never- never land of electronic storage.
I like to think that while a clipping isn’t me face-to-face with recipients, it does have substance. While not “me,” they say something about me. They might even hang around or get shared! I rarely receive clippings, and I try not to over-interpret that reality! I view my mania as an outgrowth of Frank’s early influence, and in some way, it’s a thank you to him for caring to teach me how to read with integrity. So, I clip and send and, so far, no one’s complained!
Senior Dining Sites Council on Aging 30 Kawana Springs Road, Santa Rosa, 707-525-0143. 60 and over Donation of $4.00 Reservation must be made 24 hours in advance
Cloverdale Mon-Fri ~ 12p, Cloverdale Multipurpose Center, 311 N. Main St. 707-525-0383 Healdsburg Mon-Fri ~ 11a, Healdsburg Senior Center, 133 Matheson St., 707-525-0383 Sebastopol Mon-Fri ~ 11a, Sebastopol Senior Center, 167 High St., 707-525-0383
Santa Rosa Mon-Fri ~ 11a, Silvercrest Senior Housing, 1050 Third St., 707-525-4487 Healdsburg Mon, Tue, Wed ~ 11a, St. Paul’s Church, 209 Matheson St. 707-433-6161 Rohnert Park Mon-Fri ~ 11a, RP Senior Center, 6800 Hunter Drive, Ste. A, 707-525-0383 Santa Rosa Mon-Fri ~ 12p, Bethlehem Tower, 801 Tupper, 707-525-0383
Santa Rosa Mon, Tue ~ 12p, United Methodist Church, 2150 Giffen Ave 707-525-0143 x103 Sebastopol Mon, Wed, Fri ~ 12p, Sebastopol Senior Center, 167 High St, 707-829-2440, ext. 6 Sonoma Tue, Thu ~ 12p, Jerry Casson Senior Center, 264 First St. E. 707-996-1414
Zoë Tummillo is a Business & Marketing Consultant/Trainer/Commercial Writer, dba COMMUNICATION CONCEPTS, in private practice since 1974. In addition to Commercial work, she writesSenior Momentum: A Series of Situations; “Pieces of My Path. essay memoirs of growing up first-generation Italian American; andSenior Momentum: Front And Center!. Email Zoë at writingservice@earthlink.net
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