Issue 149


Find Issue #149, (Winter 2010) – “Elders” of Communities Magazine here!

Further Thoughts on a Community’s Changes

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This companion piece to Elderhood, In and Out of Community gives further reflections from community members.


Getting Elder All the Time

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Community can be balm for the discomforts of aging, just as elders’ wisdom and caring can soothe the growing pains of youth.


Poor Minutes Lead to Wasted Hours

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Author: Laird Schaub Published in Communities Magazine Issue #149 Good records of what happened at meetings are important for a variety of reasons: ● Informing members who missed the meeting… Read More


Remembering Jane Owen

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In reviving and restoring the site of two historical intentional communities, a town’s benefactor revitalized its sense of present-day community as she continued to dream, create, grow, and give.


And I Listen

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Howling, shouting, cries of despair, and The Pierced One greet a parent on her first visit to her daughter’s adopted community. Luckily, through lots of talking and listening, things improve.


On Becoming Elders

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For many baby boomers, taking on the mantle of eldership means transforming the sometimes rambunctious, in-your-face, empowerment-obsessed energy they worked so hard to sustain.


Elderhood, In and Out of Community

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A disenchanted community founder leaves her group, and finds that her rural hometown farming community and international travel and service better match her vision of honorable elderhood.


It Takes a Community to Grow an Elder

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After confronting an identity crisis worthy of adolescence, a 65-year-old finds a new home in community and discovers that elderhood is a blessing, not a curse.