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”The Snow Sister” Directed by Cecilie Askeland Mosli: A heart-shattering Christmas movie about loss, family trauma and letting go -
First the Wealth Gap, Now the U.S. Has a Growing Health Gap: Discover why the U.S. health gap is growing and how improving healthspan can enhance quality of life for Americans -
“Songbird” by Fleetwood Mac: Christine McVie's open-ended song can celebrate both living and lost loved ones
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Author Archives: Laura B Hayden (Blog Writer, Sevenponds)
Intergenerational Learning Brings Together the Young and Old
Combining a nursing home and preschool benefits the elderly and the kiddies too
A few years ago a preschool in Seattle, Washington, distinguished itself in newscasts across the nation because it operated within Providence Mount St. Vincent, a senior care center in West Seattle, Washington. At “the Mount” the children and residents come together … Continue reading
The Rate of Veteran Suicide Has Increased 35 Percent since 2001
A Pulitzer Prize winner recently wondered why
One week after the culture shock over two celebrity suicides – designer Kate Spade and bon vivant Anthony Bourdain’s — let’s remind ourselves that both tragedies were single instances out of the average 123 Americans who commit suicide every day. And when … Continue reading
Disney’s “Coco” by Lee Unkrich
Pixar's Best Animated Film of 2018 is a matter of life and death
Every Pixar computer-animated film takes on a new artistic challenge. In “A Bug’s Life” the audience views the world the way an insect would – from the ground up. “Inside Out” metaphorically animates how the interior landscape of our minds function. … Continue reading
“Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the mystery why we climb.”
- Greg Child
“Deportee” by Woody Guthrie
A former Attorney General's record project makes a statement about immigration
Over Memorial Day Weekend I chanced upon an eclectic album, Song of America, produced in 2007. There are other collections of Americana that attempt to tell the history of our country through music. But none of those are comprised of an array … Continue reading
