By Kbilly | Published: October 31, 2010
Going High Country Caving – http://bit.ly/highcountrycaving # Start With the Conversation: Proceed From There – http://preview.tinyurl.com/masterconversation # I liked a YouTube video — Age Strong-Intergenerational Project http://youtu.be/xdhhk1XE-LM?a # RT @healthsterling: Why isn't there a #TEDMED livestream?? RT if you want to watch @TEDMED too! #TED # RT @drbillthomas: 'Oh My God. Two young rapping @ [...]
By Kbilly | Published: October 25, 2010
Home made chick stock is the best, and today is chicken stock-making day. Love the way the aroma fills the house. My preferred method is to dump a whole chicken the post with the usual veggies, spices and herbs. Remove the meat after about an hour and return the carcass to simmer for the day. [...]
By Kbilly | Published: October 25, 2010
Master The Conversation Wow. NPR is “sponsoring” local political bloggers around the country to bolster online political reporting. They even flew a bunch of blog talent to NPR’s D.C. headquarters for a blog workshop. Azi Paybarah of the New York politics blog The Empire shared the spoils of this workshop: Paybarah explains: My favorite part [...]
By Kbilly | Published: October 22, 2010
Every few years, as the opportunity affords, I flee as far as possible into the wilderness of Montana. It’s somewhat anti-social behavior for someone who makes a living off social networking, but like a few fools before me, I harbor a deep yearning to go into the wild. Can you blame me for loving this? In [...]
By Kbilly | Published: October 15, 2010
Earlier today, Drs. Bill Thomas and Al Power held a streaming video conversation to discuss the power of language and words on person-centeredness. In particular, they discussed the recent debate at ChangingAging.org regarding the use of words such as “Elderly”, “Frail” and “Senior Citizens”. If you missed the live broadcast, I edited together the conversation [...]
By Kbilly | Published: October 5, 2010
Helen’s comment on Dr. Bill’s post, Fear of Flying err no… Falling, is a must read: In my experience, my elderly [oops, elder] and now advanced-dementia mother has maintained all her knowledge gained in pre-dementia falls prevention programs. Strangely, or miraculously, she still has immediate recall of what to do when she falls [i.e. she [...]