In a manner of speaking, the Mennonite Home officially gained senior citizen status this summer. It's 55 years old. It may now join AARP.
My connection to 410 W. Elm St. is unusual: I've never lived there, but know it pretty well. My mother worked there for over a quarter of a century, first in the laundry, next as a nurse's aide, then as an LPN and finally as a resident herself.
Pandora's Riley Creek Festival is Friday and Saturday, Aug. 13-14. For a complete schedule of events click here. Watch The Icon for more details in coming weeks.
Beyond Budgeting, 119 Vine St., Bluffton, will hold a Budgeting Boot Camp on Tuesday evening sin August. The four-week course, beginning on Aug. 3, is designed to cover basic financial topics, such as:
But where have I really been for the past month and a half? Hasn't this house on Cape Cod been home, too? How do I explain a feeling of "place" that means more than one place?' I have felt very much "at home" here at Woods Hole. The surroundings and the people are different from those I left behind in Bluffton the first of June, but it's been home nevertheless. Some things are different, but I find many things to feel the same.
