Mature Learning

By Tracy Reilly Kelly in Mature Learning

Read on for another page from Bob Williamson's 20th ML Anniversary address:

Fred Apsler rightly deserves credit for the birth of the program we commemorate today, but from the beginning he...

By Tracy Reilly Kelly in Mature Learning

We begin a four part series on the history of Mature Learning. This blog is written by guest columnist Bob Williamson. Bob wrote this as...

By Tracy Reilly Kelly in Mature Learning

T’ai Chi Ch’uan, is often referred to as The Endless River. This is because there is so much to learn, within the art and forms. Qigong, which means energy work, is the foundation of T’ai Chi....

By Tracy Reilly Kelly in Mature Learning

Our focus continues into the fascinating lives of our Mature Learning instructors. Pat Jollota, whose class...

By Tracy Reilly Kelly in Mature Learning

Cold and rainy, maybe snowy, February is an ideal time for reading. I’ve got a few suggestions for you from my own bookshelf and that of some of our favorite instructors. I’m going to tie in a few...

By Tracy Reilly Kelly in Mature Learning

I was at conference with the subject of Dementia. The presenter, in trying to use a metaphor she thought everyone would be familiar with, said, “Imagine if you got up in the middle of TV show and...

By Tracy Reilly Kelly in Mature Learning

 Liang Chang, Mature Learning instructor, has led a remarkable life. Now a businessman and amateur historian in Beaverton, Liang immigrated to the Portland at age 24, with $50.00 in his pocket. He...

By Tracy Reilly Kelly in Mature Learning

On September 7th Mature Learning held an outstanding free lecture and musical event to a crowd of 75 to celebrate the first ever Volunteer of the Year – really the decade – master of all trades:...

By Tracy Reilly Kelly in Mature Learning

In a fascinating new study from New York’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, it was found that people who live to 95 or older are no more virtuous than the rest of us in...