Bridge Does Double Duty
By Frances Kolarek — The headline over a page-long article on bridge in a recent AARP Bulletin reads: “Playing your cards right can help keep you sharp.” Bridge does double…
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A Day and a Year in the Life of a Committee Chair
By Kendrick Lee — Joining a CCRC is a piece of work, approached by “newbies” in their own way. My wife and I came to Collington nine months ago, and started…
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Changing Aging
By Collington Administrative Intern Jessica Golden — It is no secret the Boomers are aging. There is also no pretense about the large number of older Americans hitting “retirement” age…
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Red Hat Warning!
By Frances Kolarek — Warning! “When I am an old woman I shall wear purple With a red hat that doesn’t go and doesn’t suit me . . .” I…
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A Tribute to Oliver Sacks
By Frances Kolarek — He has been called “The poet Laureate of Medicine.” And over the years I have read his books with fascination. A neurologist, his stories of patients…
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Eye of the beholder
By Frances Kolarek — I go back so far—See how I ducked that ugly word ”old?”—that I remember when the age of 30 was over the hill and a lady…
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So much Music at Collington
By Frances Kolarek — When I thought of writing a blog about music at Collington, I knew there was a lot of ground to cover, a lot, but I never…
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What I Told the Collington Board at its Last Meeting
By Mike McCulley, Residents Association President — The Collington Board of Directors invites the President of the Residents Association to sit in at their meetings, and participate in the deliberations.…
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Stigma? No, helper.
By Frances Kolarek — Second to its reservoir of fascinating residents, Collington’s greatest attraction is its setting — gardens, lawns, woodlands and a small lake, home to Canada Geese and…
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