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August 2026

Triumph Over Tragedy
08/31/2026

Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained/Lost
08/30/2026

A Gallery of Neighbors: The Village Art Group’s Group Show
08/28/2026

A New and Improved Way to Stay Safer Online
08/28/2026

A Trip to The Geffen Galleries
08/28/2026

Barrier Free Living - A Path to Living a More Independent Lifestyle
08/28/2026

Conversations with Art
08/28/2026

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
08/28/2026

Member Connections with Music Conductor Bill Bing
08/28/2026

Pasadena Heritage Walking Tour
08/28/2026

In Their Hands
08/23/2026

Ease of Being: Managing the stuff of everyday life
08/20/2026

A Tribute to Fire Debris Remediators and Their Super-Sized Dump Trucks
08/18/2026

Really Irene?
08/15/2026

There Is A Risk
08/09/2026

2026 Year in Review
08/03/2026

A Message From Your Newly Elected President
08/03/2026

Neighborhoods Within the Village
08/03/2026

Reflection from PUSD Intern Isabella "Izzy" Roberts
08/03/2026

Reflection on Service & Joy from 2025/26 President Dick Myers
08/03/2026

The Villager Engagement Team Welcomed 54 New Villagers
08/03/2026

Treasurer’s Report
08/03/2026

What Activity! The Cultural Activities Team Report
08/03/2026

An Even Exchange
08/01/2026

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We are all migrants. All of us.

By Richard Myers
Posted: 07/17/2020
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Some have had much more challenging times than others, but in the long run I think the compelling outcome is how the journey shapes us. I see the Village as a community of migrants. We are from other countries, languages or states or difficulties, and all of us are on a migration through time. Our transitions are sometimes smooth, sometimes not; our time travel speeds along some times and skids to a stop at others.

I’m finding that migration is not easy. Through out life, I’ve been fortunate to steer through the ups and downs of life fairly easily. But now, with family spread around the globe, the Village has become for me more than an engaging community of stimulating individuals. Members call and text me and I value keeping in touch with them; they walk with me at my current slow pace –not out of pity, but in friendship.

We discuss in depth ideas larger than ourselves. We are connected to helping to improve our communities, to lobbying for better air and for social justice, and we work to understand our own biases. In one small group, I dig into memoir writing. We meet weekly, and the group environment pushes me to dig into my past in order to understand the present and leave a foundation for my children and their children.

But this doesn’t happen automatically. Every member contributes energy, innovation and time to move the Village forward, to sustain the interest groups, the ideas and our engagement. A small staff helps keep us glued together, but I think the need for all members to encourage and sustain the organization is what creates its vibrant atmosphere as we move through time.
 
Nancy Pine


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