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November 2024

October 2024

ARBORIST WALK: NOT FOR TREE HUGGERS ONLY!
10/29/2024

Bill Wishner: Visual Hunter
10/29/2024

Can a Village Group Fix Our Healthcare System?
10/29/2024

Community Board Directors Strengthen Village Board
10/29/2024

Connecting with Village Connections: The A, B, C, & D’s of Medicare @ 65+
10/29/2024

Grief is a Journey: Two Paths Taken
10/29/2024

Message from the President
10/29/2024

Promoting Informed & Involved Voters
10/29/2024

What Will Be Your Legacy?
10/29/2024

1619, Approaching the Election...
10/27/2024

Beyond and Within the Village - A Star is Born
10/17/2024

Happiness by Priscilla Leonard
10/11/2024

Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden
10/11/2024

Unpainted Door by Louise Gluck
10/11/2024

In the Evening by Billy Collins
10/10/2024

Wild Geese by Mary Oliver
10/10/2024

Betty Kilby, A Family History
10/01/2024

Betty Kilby, A Family History
10/01/2024

Betty Kilby, A Family History
10/01/2024

September 2024

August 2024

1619 Wide Ranging Interests
08/19/2024

1619 Wide Ranging Interests
08/19/2024

First Anniversary
08/19/2024

Alexandra Leaving by Leonard Cohen
08/16/2024

Muse des Beaux Arts by W. H. Auden
08/16/2024

The God Abandons Antony by Constantinos P. Cavafy
08/16/2024

Ch – Ch – Ch –Changes
08/15/2024

Cultural Activities Team offers an ‘embarrassment of riches’
08/15/2024

Engaging in Pasadena Village
08/15/2024

Future Housing Options
08/15/2024

Message from the President
08/15/2024

There Are Authors Among Us
08/15/2024

Villagers Welcome New Members at the Tournament Park Picnic
08/15/2024

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas
08/14/2024

A narrow Fellow in the Grass by Emily Dickinson
08/13/2024

Haikus
08/13/2024

One Art by Elizabeth Bishop
08/13/2024

Poem 20 by Pablo Neruda
08/13/2024

Still I Rise by Maya Angelou
08/13/2024

Trees by Joyce Kilmer
08/13/2024

July 2024

June 2024

May 2024

Emergency Preparedness: Are You Ready?
05/28/2024

Farewell from the 2023/24 Social Work Interns
05/28/2024

Gina on the Horizon
05/28/2024

Mark Your Calendars for the Healthy Aging Research California Virtual Summit
05/28/2024

Meet Our New Development Associate
05/28/2024

Putting the Strategic Plan into Practice
05/28/2024

Washington Park: Pasadena’s Rediscovered Gem
05/28/2024

Introducing Civil Rights Discussions
05/22/2024

Rumor of Humor #2416
05/14/2024

Rumor of Humor #2417
05/14/2024

Rumor of Humor #2417
05/14/2024

Rumor of Humor #2418
05/14/2024

Springtime Visitors
05/07/2024

Freezing for a Good Cause – Credit, That Is
05/02/2024

No Discussion Meeting on May 3rd
05/02/2024

An Apparently Normal Person Author Presentation and Book-signing
05/01/2024

Flintridge Center: Pasadena Village’s Neighbor That Changes Lives
05/01/2024

Pasadena Celebrates Older Americans Month 2024
05/01/2024

The 2024 Pasadena Village Volunteer Appreciation Lunch
05/01/2024

Woman of the Year: Katy Townsend
05/01/2024

April 2024

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February 2024

January 2024

A Single Woman's Village Experience

By Valerie C. Jones
Posted: 03/22/2022
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MY VILLAGE EXPERIENCE

 

Written by Valerie Jones - member since 2022

 

As a single person living alone, I realize that at this stage of my life, community is very necessary and important. Aging can affect us in many ways, not just physically, and if you have no family and few friends on the West Coast, having people that you can go to for assistance or advice or just companionship is important. Also, as the years go by, your circle of friends may slowly decrease, whether from relocation, illness, or death.

 

The Village provides me with a dispersed neighborhood of friends and acquaintances that are in my age range and thus can relate to me on various levels. Most Villagers are very active and there is a wide selection of groups/committees with which I can join. 

 

I have yet to meet an unfriendly neighbor in the Village, and rather than have an organization provide opportunities for me as if I were a cross between a child and 'an old lady' that had to be looked after or told what to do and how to do it, we are the organization. We are adults creating our own opportunities and making our own plans that we follow-through on. 

 

There are enough people in the Village that I am always meeting someone new, and have met many people that have some of the same interests that I do. A person is not limited to only doing Village activities, but you can do things outside of the Village with one or more of the new friends that you have made. I have gone for walks with Villagers aside from the Urban Walkers or the Hikers. I have attended performances with a couple of Villagers. Currently, four of us who love to see new things and places, are working on creating a new committee whose goal is to offer day trips, and later multi-day trips as people show a interest in. 

 

Another nice feature that the Pasadena Village provides is the weekly Bulletin. If I need a referral for a tradesperson, advice on how to create a document, or inquire if there is anyone interested is joining me in attending an event that interests me, I can post those things in newsletter and receive responses from those people who can be of help. If I have to be hospitalized or am going out of town or need a ride because my car is in the shop, I can post my inquiry and there will be responses from any one who is willing able to help me.  

 

I am very pleased with my decision to join the Pasadena Village and I'm sure that pleasure will only continue to grow.

 

Valerie

 

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