Category: Living Life

  • A New Cave for the Hawai‘i Men’s Shed

    Back in late 2015 at a Rotary club meeting, I learned about the “men’s shed” program. To me, that term conjured up an image of an old workshop or storage building next to a residence. I was corrected by a fellow Rotarian who described the Men’s Shed as a club made up of senior men…

  • Part II: Beware of Pretty Packages

    In the last issue, I covered the lessons my mother-in-law, “Mary,” taught me through her encounters with various scam artists she has met over the years. Unfortunately, those incidents were only the tip of the iceberg.

  • Help Hawaii Meals on Wheels Keep Rolling

    Since 1979, Hawaii Meals on Wheels has been serving hot meals to the ku¯puna in need in our communities. The program started as a small committee formed by former State of Hawai‘i librarian Irmgard Hörmann and the Social Ministries Committee of the Lutheran Church of Honolulu. Over time, the organization grew as it sought to…

  • Mo’ili’ili Family Ties

    Mo’ili’ili Family Ties

    The traditions and language of the original Japanese immigrants to Hawai‘i in the late 1800s survived because they taught their children to venerate and value the culture of the homeland. In over six subsequent generations of American Japanese, no single organization has nurtured language and culture more than Mo‘ili‘ili Community Center on O‘ahu.

  • ‘Let’s Play Ball!’

    You hear it all the time: To stay healthy, we need to stay active. Yet as we get older, it can be difficult to find the energy and motivation to get out and exercise. Makua Ali‘i, O‘ahu’s premier senior softball league, provides mature athletes an opportunity to stay active and social. The “slow-pitch” softball league…

  • Get the Inside Sports Scoop

    The Honolulu Quarterback Club (HQC), one of the nation’s oldest sports clubs, began in 1947 and is still going strong. There, you can hear little-known and personal stories from past and present sports greats. “You won’t find these sports stories on the front page of the newspapers,” said one long-time, regular attendee. From the early…

  • Paintings, Prints & Drawings of Hawai‘i

    Hot off the press, Paintings, Prints and Drawings of Hawai‘i from the Sam and Mary Cooke Collection presents for the first time the private collection of Mary and the late Sam Cooke. Published by the Ma¯noa Heritage Center, this lavishly illustrated volume by David W. Forbes traces the history of Hawai‘i as seen through the…

  • Crossing Bridges: A Photography Exhibit

    From ProjectFocus Hawai‘i and the Wahiawa Community Based Development Organization (WCBDO) comes a visual storytelling, from both ends of life — as partners — Crossing Bridges. On a sunny Saturday morning, students from Leilehua High School, Wahiawa Middle School, Island Pacific Academy and George Washington University sat down with 24 of Wahiawa’s most cherished ku¯…

  • Time to Spring Into Action!

    The City and County of Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) is now accepting registration for spring 2017. Fun and affordable classes, such as ceramics, painting, ‘ukulele, aerobics, yoga, tai chi, swimming and more are offered. Or, if you’re looking for an opportunity to make new friends or reconnect with old ones, join one…

  • ‘Super’ Seniors Head to Tennis Nationals

    Like the challenges of aging well, playing tennis at a mature age provides its own set of character trials and physical tests. Of the almost one million tennis players in the U.S., about 2,000 compete annually in the USTA League 65 and Over Tennis National Championships. In December, over 100 “super seniors” from Hawai‘i Island,…

  • Partnering for Seniors

    Generations Magazine has partnered with local news station KITV and its “Aging Well” weekend segments. As a resource magazine, Generations is happy and very fortunate to have local TV station KITV Channel 4 to step up to the plate and support our aging population— one of the fastest-growing segments of our community. During each weekend…

  • Film Confronts End-of-Life Issues

    Me Before You, the No. 1 New York Times bestseller written by Jojo Moyes in 2012, was made into a film in 2016. Although it seems like a believable romance story, it is a work of fiction. However, Me Before You raises awareness about some very real life-and-death issues. The premise (no spoiler alert): A…