It's early for high summer

 

But even on cloudy days, it just feels so muggy out. Here over the lake you can see clearly the YMCA Blueridge Assembly building with it's red roof. That was the first home of Black Mountain College, for which this area has a bit of notoriety in art and educational circles.

I walk quickly into air conditioning at the Lakeview Center for Active aging, for lunch anyway.

Today's quote:

We cannot forget that our real power is not necessarily to change the world, but to make a world of change to the people we encounter every day.

CORY BOOKER

Celebrating 101 years

 Marilyn Braun just turned 101 years old. She comes to exercise every week (brought by her daughter) at the Lakeview Center for Active Aging.

I told her I am often encouraged by her being there. She just does what she can. And that's all anyone can do! She walks with a walker, and can get up and down from her chair just fine. She's a "little bit of a thang."

Our chair yoga class on Friday mornings sang happy birthday to her! Here our teacher, Deb Vingle shows us how to flex our feet to keep them working happily. In the background under the window another group of seniors are playing cards.

Today's quote:

In a world myriad as ours, the gaze is a singular act: to look at something is to fill your whole life with it, if only briefly.

OCEAN VUONG

Lakeview Center notes

 

Other bright new news was the birthday earlier in the week of our friend Doris, who just turned 90 years old.  What a lady! Her daughter has also joined her in eating lunches with the Lakeview Center for Active Aging.

There's the Lakeview Center, and upstairs is the area for our dining and exercise classes. Other classes are held downstairs, which is a smaller area.

Today's quote:

Since when do we have to agree with people to defend them from injustice? -Lillian Hellman, playwright (1905-1984)