“Making the Moments Count: Leisure Activities for Caregiving Relationships,” has a gentle, compassionate approach that encourages activities that will create memories to last a lifetime. I highly recommend this book by Joanne Ardolf Decker, PhD. The author is a professor emeritus of Therapeutic Recreation at Mankato State University in Minnesota. Even though it was published [...]
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Harvest Time Edition: Eat Local & Save Time
I LOVE cooking at eating which is why in addition to the space & time blog, I also write a food blog which you can check out here at http://thehangryfoodasaurus.blogspot.com/ As some of you may already know, I am very into the local food movement and have been a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) member of [...]
Meaningful and Positive Aging
I am so grateful that one of my groups on LinkedIn shared this video today that I simply had to pass on because it was so amazing. It is a trailer for a documentary called “Old On Purpose.” What makes it so amazing, to me, is that it exemplifies all the reasons why I have always [...]
space & time’s book review, “Overcoming Trauma Through Yoga”
Amazon.com Widgets This book comes highly recommended from space & time. I will allow you the pleasure of reading it for yourself, but wanted to offer some of what I found to be highlights of the book or points that really resonated with me in both my personal and professional life as a recreational therapist. [...]
TREC Day 2011!
The 6th annual TREC (Therapeutic Recreation Enhances Confidence) Day 2011 took place on the pier behind Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital (SRH) in Boston, MA on Thursday, July 14. It was a gorgeous day overlooking the Charles River complete with wind blowing, sun shining, puffy clouds filling the skies and people gathering information about the many [...]
Guest Blogger Essay for TR Week Celebration!
Giving him some time. He is nearly as old as I am, and knows nearly everything that I do. He learns more slowly than me, mostly because he reads more deeply into things. I know regretfully little about him but he’s always surprisingly composed and playful. He never has an agenda nor does [...]
Green Ideas in Honor of Earth Day
The original plan was to end this week with a book review of April’s recommended book, but life threw me a couple of curveballs, so I had to change direction a bit. Fortunately, this allows today’s post to be about Earth Day. I have always liked this particular celebration because it is transcends all boundaries [...]