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July 2026
A New Year, A New Board of Directors
07/01/2026
Home Sweet Home...No Moving Required
07/01/2026
How Did You Get Here?
07/01/2026
Scams, Frauds, AI…Oh No, Not Again
07/01/2026
Two's Company!
07/01/2026
Village Magic
07/01/2026
June 2026
Ability Resource Fair - A.R.F.!
06/01/2026
Goals, Priorities and Tasks. Oh, My!
06/01/2026
Jabber-Walkies
06/01/2026
LGBTQ+ Bars: A Book-talk
06/01/2026
Ladies Who Lunch
06/01/2026
President’s Message
06/01/2026
April 2026
Altadena’s Coyote Comeback
04/29/2026
Catch it Before it's Gone!
04/29/2026
Legacy Project
04/29/2026
Not Too Old To Get Carded
04/29/2026
President's Message
04/29/2026
Stuck in Milwaukee - Airplane Travel 2026
04/29/2026
The Art Journaling Workshop
04/29/2026
Think You're Losing Your Mind?
04/29/2026
Visiting The Getty
04/29/2026
March 2026
My Home For Now
03/30/2026
My Home for Now
03/30/2026
Do I Really Need a Will and/or a Trust?
03/26/2026
Everybody Needs a Blankie
03/26/2026
Kickoff: Prepared 50+ Emergency Preparedness
03/26/2026
The Birth of an Archive for Pasadena Village
03/26/2026
Too Smart to be Scammed?
03/26/2026
“I DIDN’T KNOW THAT!” A Refresher Course
03/26/2026
Across the Waiting Room
03/11/2026
February 2026
Status - February 28, 2026
02/28/2026
AI Presentation
02/26/2026
Exploring the “Cheech”
02/26/2026
Mary Mejia is Here to Make a Difference
02/26/2026
One Year On
02/26/2026
President’s Message – March 2026
02/26/2026
January 2026
Hearts & Limbs in Zambia
01/28/2026
Lost Trees of Altadena Return Home
01/28/2026
President's Message: WHY the Village Works
01/28/2026
TV: Behind the Scenes
01/28/2026
Trauma to Triumph
01/28/2026
Wonders and Marvels of Spring on May 4th
By John Tuite · Posted 04/29/2021
Men's Time Topic Discussion for May 4th
Hello Gentlemen of the Village! Welcome to May! And flowers galore and night air filled with the aroma of pittosporum and jasmine! And streets and walkways aflutter with fallen blossoms from the trees! And new life all around us!
I’m dying to tell you about a new toy we have, my wife and myself. When we drive through the streets during spring we continually point out the hibiscus, the lilacs, and the roses. And that’s about the conclusion of our knowledge of the wondrous array that surrounds us. But then we discovered an “app”, you know, some software you add to your smart phone. It’s called “Picture This!”
With this app we are able to snap a picture of blossoms, leaves, bark, of plants and trees, and instantly we have encyclopedic information of what we’re enjoying with our eyes….I can’t tell you how much more delight there is.
It’s another wonder of technology. I love carrying around this 25 volume encyclopedia in my shirt pocket!
And this variety of spring has led me to investigate the complexity of the Universe. I love the feeling of wonder I get just from the numbers.
391,000 species of plants and trees, 369,000 flowering!
18,000 species of birds! 100’s of millions of them migrating twice a year!
20,000 species of fish, many we know nothing about!
344 species of dogs! 38 species of cats!
223 nationalities!
100’s of Billions of galaxies! 100 thousand million stars just in the Milky Way!
Stars in the Universe: 10 to the 24th power!
WOW!! So tell us what stimulates your wonder and marvel and awe! Tell us something we don’t know about your inner life of wonder! Please..
John Tuite
PS: Howard Ruffner has posted some of his photography on his Instagram account for everyone's viewing pleasure.
Wayne April has contributed a link to the article from The Atlantic about the information in Ancient Rock Records
Hello Gentlemen of the Village! Welcome to May! And flowers galore and night air filled with the aroma of pittosporum and jasmine! And streets and walkways aflutter with fallen blossoms from the trees! And new life all around us!
I’m dying to tell you about a new toy we have, my wife and myself. When we drive through the streets during spring we continually point out the hibiscus, the lilacs, and the roses. And that’s about the conclusion of our knowledge of the wondrous array that surrounds us. But then we discovered an “app”, you know, some software you add to your smart phone. It’s called “Picture This!”
With this app we are able to snap a picture of blossoms, leaves, bark, of plants and trees, and instantly we have encyclopedic information of what we’re enjoying with our eyes….I can’t tell you how much more delight there is.
It’s another wonder of technology. I love carrying around this 25 volume encyclopedia in my shirt pocket!
And this variety of spring has led me to investigate the complexity of the Universe. I love the feeling of wonder I get just from the numbers.
391,000 species of plants and trees, 369,000 flowering!
18,000 species of birds! 100’s of millions of them migrating twice a year!
20,000 species of fish, many we know nothing about!
344 species of dogs! 38 species of cats!
223 nationalities!
100’s of Billions of galaxies! 100 thousand million stars just in the Milky Way!
Stars in the Universe: 10 to the 24th power!
WOW!! So tell us what stimulates your wonder and marvel and awe! Tell us something we don’t know about your inner life of wonder! Please..
John Tuite
PS: Howard Ruffner has posted some of his photography on his Instagram account for everyone's viewing pleasure.
Wayne April has contributed a link to the article from The Atlantic about the information in Ancient Rock Records
