LLL Contact Information
Pat Ingalls
* Website: www.lifelonglearningatpc.org
* Email: [email protected]
* LLL Center hours: Closed until further notice
Living With Grief
Bill Nee
All of us have experienced grief through the loss of loved ones or close friends. Since early 2020, the coronavirus has spread more grief throughout the world and possibly close to home.
Grief can be hard to cope with and discuss. In this TED Talk, titled “We don’t move on from grief. We move forward with it,” writer and podcaster Nora McInerny shares her experience incorporating memories and grief into her life.
Her powerful message, presented using a mixture of humor and pathos, recommends we approach grief as a multi-tasking emotion, so we can incorporate it and move forward with life.
To view this 15-minute talk, go to TED.com, click “watch” in the header, click “TED Talks,” then, in “Search talks,” input “We don’t move on from grief. We move forward with it,” scroll a little lower, and click on the talk you selected.
Classes to Be Missed During Summer Break
Paul Polk
Class dismissed! I so looked forward to hearing those words in most of my college courses; time to get on with what I wanted to do. Here at PebbleCreek? Not so much. The classes offered by LifeLong Learning are concluding for the 2020-21 season this month, and I, for one, am going to miss them. From November through March, LLL presented 10 one-time classes and three eight-session discussion groups called Great Decisions.
The pandemic has prevented us from meeting in person, but we’ve been able to use the Zoom app effectively to continue our education. I’ve been in one of the Great Decisions sessions and have really enjoyed discussing with other Creekers topics such as global supply chains, Persian Gulf security, and the two Koreas. We’re all disappointed at the end of each two-hour class, when time is called.
LLL’s new video equipment has allowed us to go into Gene Fioretti’s kitchen to learn how to make artisan bread, baguettes, pasta, and pizza! We’ve had 30-40 participants via Zoom for each class. We are actively looking into smell-o-vision technology to capture that awesome aroma of fresh baked bread. That may actually be a few years down the road.
Not meeting in person presents some challenges, but for the most part, our class participants appreciate the continued educational experiences and make do with the limitations. The use of Zoom actually allowed us to increase some class sizes, like the cooking classes, and also allows Creekers to participate remotely.
Tune in this fall when class is back in session.