Posts by Parkway
Environmental Inspiration: The Honorable Harvest
(From Braiding Sweetgrass – Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants). This is the book chosen by the TED reading group. The guidelines for the Honorable Harvest are not written down, or even consistently spoken of as a whole – they are reinforced in small acts of daily life. But if you were…
Read MoreAlzheimer’s News June 2022
Alzheimer’s News June 2022 June is Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month, so here are some facts and figures. More than 6 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s. The cost of caring for those with Alzheimer’s and other dementia is estimated to have totaled $355 billion in 2021, increasing to more than $1.1 trillion (in today’s…
Read MoreTAD – The Mammy
1st & 3rd Tuesdays | 1:45 Fellowship | 2:00pm book discussion| via ZOOM TAD will discuss the first half of the novel The Mammy. “Mammy” is what Irish children call their mothers, and The Mammy is Agnes Browne—a widow struggling to raise seven children in a North Dublin neighborhood in the 1960s. We’ll read about…
Read More5-22 The Environment, Journalism, and Some Neglected Aspects of American Life
Select Sundays | 11:15am | Heritage Room & Zoom Our speaker, Don Corrigan, is a humorist and person of many interests. He is the author of a number of books the former Editor in Chief of the Webster-Kirkwood Times, and a long time friend of Mark Sableman. We expect Don to begin his remarks speaking…
Read MoreInterfaith Sprouts of Peace for kids and families
Sunday, May 15 | 12:00pm | back parking lot and playground We are ready to launch our free interfaith Sprouts of Peace 2022-2023 for Pre-K through 5th graders — kids that age out can be helpers! We are so pleased to be doing this again with our Muslim and Jewish friends – as well as…
Read MoreMining for Memories – Zoom Conversations
Mining for Memories A great opportunity to look back at your life and build relationships now. We share a word or a phrase that might spark a memory – eg. stairs, library, all work and no play, water, train, a fool and their money are soon parted, eyeglasses, button, turn the other cheek. Wednesday, May…
Read MoreAlzheimer’s News May 2022
Alzheimer’s News May 2022 The benefits of Music for People Living with Alzheimer’s: Music offers people living with Alzheimer’s the priceless opportunity to connect to their pasts and the people who love them. As the disease progresses, this medium can be used as an efficient tool for self-expression and engagement. With flexibility and creativity, music…
Read MoreTED begins a new book: BRAIDING SWEETGRASS
2nd & 4th Tuesdays | 6:00pm potluck | 7:00pm book discussion | Heritage Room Our goal will be to read and share responses to the first two sections of BRAIDING SWEETGRASS by Robin Wells Kimmerer: “Planting Sweetgrass” and “Tending Sweetgrass.” Our author is a botanist and a member of the Potawatomi Nation. We look forward…
Read MoreApril 24 – As I Recall It; Memories of Historic Times from 1967-1974 by Ellie Swenson
Select Sundays | 11:15am | Heritage Room & Zoom Recently, Ellie Swenson, a Parkway member, came across notes, she made to herself, as she contemporaneously reacted to and recorded her impressions of some turbulent times in America from 1967 to 1974. Remember the walk on the moon, more troops in Vietnam, then the pullout, the…
Read MoreAlzheimer’s News
Alzheimer’s News April 2022 New findings suggest that regular exercise may help protect cognitive function. This new study was published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association. Several studies have shown these benefits but “how” was not well understood. This new work gives us clues about the underlying biology. This new study…
Read More4/10 – “In Search of Birds, my Adventures as a Long-time Birder,” by Claudia Spener.
Select Sundays | 11:15am | Heritage Room & Zoom A birder is a person who person who observes or identifies wild birds in their habitats. The fast-growing recreational activity of birding is relatively inexpensive and can be done by anyone. It can provide enlivenment, peace, meaning, and the incalculable wealth of time spent quietly in…
Read MoreTAD (Tuesday Afternoon Dialogue)
1st & 3rd Tuesdays | 1:45 Fellowship | 2:00pm book discussion| via ZOOM Please join TAD as we begin discussing Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, and Hope in an American City. Invisible Child is based on nearly a decade of reporting on a family and the power of resilience, the importance of family, and the cost…
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