AUGUST 2024 Newsletter

AUGUST BIRTHDAYS

Shirley Bacome

Dawn Kerley

Jennie Alvarado-Bradley

Mona Swanston

Robert Robe

Yacoub Khader

Anna Carcamo

Jan Renard

Deborah Kemp

Victoria Rodriguez

Jeanette Thorup

Judy Nichols

Cheryl Campbell

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Bob’s Rambling Corner

AUGUST 2024

Quote of the Month and Last Month

"When the power of Love Overcomes the love of power, the world will know PEACE! "

Jimi Hendrix

This week my wife and I have had the pleasure of sharing our home with our daughter and granddaughter. Our granddaughter is 3 1/2 years old. Well, she's actually almost four. What a joy it is to have a child that age running around the house and property. And to see the world through the lens of a 4 year old is so amazingly refreshing. Her mom is a teacher of Special Education and so the four year old takes on the conversation of a teacher, quietly and gently correcting and suggesting change of a behavior so that peace can be accomplished.

One of my favorite things to do with our granddaughter is to read her story's. Yesterday was a very busy day. We got up at 7 AM and fed the chickens, collected three eggs, fed the horses and cleaned up the horses poop. Then we went to the park and played on the zip line. It was her very first time riding on the zip line all by her self. She was so brave. After lunch instead of taking a nap she helped us clean out the barn to get ready for a hay delivery. She sat on a western saddle, which was sitting on a saw horse and pretended to ride. She grabbed a fly mask and put it on her head and pretended to be a horse. So much fun.

Then we went swimming in our swim spa. She's been having swimming lessons since the age of two. Finally after dinner and a very long bath she sat on my lap so that I could read her a bedtime story. LOVE is my favorite Thing is the name of the book. It's a story about a puppy who's always getting into mischief. Even though the puppy knows the difference between right and wrong it just can't help himself and gets swayed by his peers and his own temptations to do the wrong thing. But the puppy, even though he gets disciplined hopes that his owners still LOVES him. Because LOVE is his favorite thing.

She fell asleep towards the end of the story. Such a peaceful feeling.

THE Power of Love.

Today and everyday for the rest of our lives lets try Not to live for the Love of Power, But rather

FOR AND WITH

THE POWER OF LOVE.

PRAY FOR EVERYTHING/EVERYONE ALWAYS!

GOD BLESS YOU!

Share the LOVE!!

JOY TO THE WORLD..

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DAILY Activities

Feel free to drop-in any time. Our hours are M-TH 9–3 Fri 9-12 Our weekly schedule includes:

Art - Sponsored by the Arts Council of Monterey County

Mondays & Thursdays-12:30 to 3:00 Instructor Bunny Pavine teaches painting classes for FREE
Tai Chi - On Tuesdays & Thursdays, 9:30 to 10:30 we perform gentle exercises that focus on Balance, breathing, stretching & strengthening expressly geared for Seniors.
Chair Yoga- Tuesdays and Wednesdays 1-2 except the second Wednesday of the month when we have Board Meetings. Thursdays at 10:30 after Tai Chi
Karaoke - Tuesdays after Tai Chi we enjoy some sing-a-longs
Computers/Cell Phones/education- Thursdays, 12:15 to 3:00 with Scott Spencer
Bingo - On Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays, 9:30 to 11:30
Line Dancing- in association with the American Legion Thursdays 10 to 11:30 at the American Legion Post 594
Food & Nutrition - in association with North County Recreation and Parks District and sponsored by the Monterey County Department of Social Services Area Agency on Aging lunches are provided, Monday – Friday at 11:30, $3.00 donations are appreciated but not required.
Cooking Demonstrations are BACK Every Tuesday from now until the end of June 2024 1PM-2PM
Wednesdays we serve as a Distribution location for the Monterey County Food Bank from 9 AM-until the food runs out, come pick up FREE fresh vegetables.
In association with Grey Bears, we serve as pickup location on Thursdays, 9-3, register on-line at Greybears.org