Blog archive
April 2024
Stimulated by "Caste"
04/22/2024
Tulsa reparations, Religion and Politics
04/09/2024
March 2024
Trumps War with Black Women
03/31/2024
Addressing The Needs of Older Adults Through Pasadena Village
03/25/2024
Coming Soon: More Resources for Older Americans, Online and in Person
03/25/2024
Community Building Locally and Nationally
03/25/2024
Preparing for the Future with Ready or Not
03/25/2024
Volunteering is at The Heart of the Village
03/25/2024
Women's Liberation: Then and Now
03/25/2024
Writing Memoirs Together
03/25/2024
Current Views on Current Events
03/20/2024
Unchained
03/18/2024
Rumr of Humor issue # 2409
03/10/2024
Blacks Portrayed by European Artists
03/03/2024
Rumor of Humor #2408
03/03/2024
February 2024
Caring for Ourselves and Each Other
02/27/2024
Doug Colliflower Honored
02/27/2024
Great Decisions Connects Us to the Worldwide Community
02/27/2024
Letter from the President
02/27/2024
Pasadena Village's Impact
02/27/2024
The Power of Touch
02/27/2024
Villages as a New Approach to Aging
02/27/2024
Addressing Gang Violence in Pasadena-Altadena
02/21/2024
Rumor of Humor Issue 2407
02/19/2024
Thank You For Caring.
02/12/2024
Rumor of Humor 2405
02/11/2024
Curve Balls
02/10/2024
Sylvan Lane
02/10/2024
Rumor of Humor 2404
02/09/2024
Larry Duplechan, Blacks in Film
02/03/2024
January 2024
Pasadena Village Joins Community Partners in Vaccination Campaign
01/29/2024
Rumor of Humor #2403
01/28/2024
Pasadena Village Joins Two Healthy Aging Resource Projects
01/25/2024
Decluttering: Do It Now
01/24/2024
Village Volunteers Contribute to the Huntington Magic
01/24/2024
Villagers Creating Community
01/24/2024
Villagers Reflect on Black History Month
01/24/2024
Walk With Ease, 2024
01/24/2024
Wide Ranging Discussion on Current Issues
01/22/2024
Wide Ranging Discussion on Current Issues
01/22/2024
Rumor of Humor # 2402
01/21/2024
Rumor of Humor # 2401
01/15/2024
Re- Entry Programs, a Personal Experience
01/08/2024
Quality of Life
By Sally CurriePosted: 05/27/2021
We weren’t meant to live like we’re living.
We weren’t meant to lie and to Tweet.
We needn’t alter our psyches
With drugs that we buy on the street.
Why do we shoot little children
And folks who were just in the way
And fell at the hands of a madman
When bullets began to spray?
Where are the sensible people
Who can put politics aside
Enact laws to stem the violence
By which we must all abide?
Our culture has passed its summit
It’s careening down the slope
Of rapid degradation.
I feel there’s little hope
If people are shamed for their color,
Not valued for what is within.
We need to write a new chapter
But where can we begin.
When some preachers say that hatred
Has become the Way
And QAnon has its believers
Who let it control their day.
When fear is a dominant factor
At every level of life.
That angst is a great motivator
And sets us up for strife.
How can a rational person
Live in a crumbling world
Without feeling disillusioned
As they are growing old?
Each day I feel the heartache
Of stark reality
I face the facts and marvel
At such insanity
How can I deal with hurt inside
My stomach’s in a knot.
I now must face the falsehoods
That I had long been taught.
I cannot die a peaceful death
While hungry children cry.
I will pass still wondering
And weeping asking, “Why?”
Sally Currie