04.12.2019 Around the Island Richard’s Almanac: an ideal meal A silk scarf workshop was held at the Senior Activity Center recently. Some 15 seniors participated. The workshop guided seniors through the process of creating their own scarves. Some now...
04.05.2019 Around the Island Richard’s almanac: singing at the Senior Center It sounded like some back road honkytonk on a Saturday night. But it was not. The karaoke music was coming from the Shelter Island Senior Activity Center.
02.28.2019 Around the Island What’s happening: February 28, 2019 Activities and events on Shelter Island.
02.01.2019 Columns Richard’s Almanac: Oh, our aching heads I think it’s safe to say that most of us have headaches at one time or another in our lives. Although now in our advanced age we tend to...
09.27.2018 Around the Island Richard’s almanac: Teaching in Zaire “Jambo” means “Hello” in Swahili and “koo koo” means chicken. I learned these and a few other Swahili words from Frank Milano during his talk about his time in...