Our fourth Nor’easter is amounting to four additional inches here at our home. I include a few fun photos from this morning, as well as one from yesterday showing Dave’s Septic Accessible Port-a-Potty has been delivered! As of yesterday, we had significant spring melt, and with 50 degree weather coming soon, the snow shouldn’t be […]
On Saturday, Feb 3, 1pm – 4pm, we hosted a Mid-winter Mardi Gras Burn for all of our friends connected with our cause and programs. The 15′ by 10′ burn pile in the back of the cottage was burned, some toasted marshmallows were enjoyed, along with two types of chili and King Cake cupcakes. Amanda […]
Our Saturday Memory Café had 16 participants (8 partners) join us for Partner Yoga fun. The room was set-up with two parallel chair lines, and guests quickly found partners if they hadn’t arrived already with a partner (spouse or sibling). Memory Café Guests enjoyed fellowship and Valentine’s-themed snacks before and after the facilitated Partner Yoga […]
Join us! All ages welcome. TODAY: Feb 3, 10am – 12pm Where: Trinity Church, 124 River Road, Topsfield, MA (Wheelchair-Accessible) What (Title): Memory Café: Share the Love with Partner Yoga What (Description): Learn & Experience Body-Based Non-Verbal Communication Skills (bring a friend or come alone) Funded in part by Topsfield Cultural Council and MA DDS. […]
Please join us tomorrow, Saturday, Feb 3 In Topsfield: At Trinity Church and/or At our home, Rest.Stop.Ranch, to celebrate LOVE and HOPE via a non-verbal communication workshop and a Bonfire! (details below) Thanks to the Topsfield Cultural Council for funding me as the Creative Director of our Topsfield Memory Café at River Road this 2017-2018 […]
Spring is 10 Weeks Away Spring arrives March 20. Our Rest.Stop. bench is not quite white-outed. Look closely to see the eastern sun piercing through the pines. Fundraising for 2022: Bigger and Better Wheelchair-Accessible Gardens Our friends have contributed $875.00 over the past few weeks towards bigger and better wheelchair-accessible gardens in 2022! Janet Brown […]
Our holiday season started with an invitation to our Topsfield Council on Aging Holiday Party, December 7. This is where some of us at the end of the party were allowed to take home a floral arrangement by Topsfield’s New Meadows Garden Club. Thank you, Love you, Bless you ~ all the garden clubs! The […]
Our Drum Circle Memory Café program on Saturday hosted a party of nearly 30. One third of the group were individuals and dementia-care duos, 1/3 were L’Arche community members, and 1/3 was our team of eight (facilitators & program assistants/volunteers). The 60-minute facilitated therapeutic program included playing a Theme and Variations on the tune “Little […]
