Recently, Mom and I were on Go Vancouver! on Shaw TV. Our interview aired on Friday and Saturday of last week. Today, it was uploaded to Shaw TV YouTube channel. A big thank you to Dunia Tozy, Video Journalist, for doing such a great job! Please share the link widely.
I am listening to a CBC podcast titled "Aging by the Book", a Paul Kennedy "Ideas" show. It is about narrative gerontology, a field I know nothing about, but which intrigues me. Narrative gerontology refers to life as story, with people being the storytellers as it applies to aging. The podcast touches on several different themes:
I am so surprised that this podcast should air just as I am launching this project. It expresses many of my own views on storytelling, which I had not been able to verbalise, but which I understood instinctively. Thank you, Paul Kennedy, for bringing this story to radio. |
Lydia Meister
I am participating in the 2014 Ascent for Alzheimer’s hike of Mount Kilimanjaro. My goal is to raise $90,000 for the Alzheimer Society of B.C. in honour of my mother’s 90th birthday in July 2014. Please help by donating to: http://my.e2rm.com/PersonalPage.aspx?registrationID=2193787&langPref=en-CA&Referrer=direct%2Fnone You will receive a receipt for your donation. Thank you! Archives
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