55 and Better — July 28, 2020

Issue 3 | SUMMER 2020

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Doug Durr of Carmel tees off at the first hole at Plum Creek Golf Club. (Photo by Ann Marie Shambaugh

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he coronavirus pandemic didn’t given master points.” make Wagner Van Vlack kick his Van Vlack said there is data that five-day-a-week bridge habit. shows bridge keeps your brain sharp The Carmel resident plays five days and helps fight off dementia. a week on bridgebase.com instead Van Vlack began playing when he of in-person. Van Vlack was was 10 years old and continplaying at Indianapolis Bridge ued through high school. He Center, but it has been closed then got too busy and took since the pandemic and will up the game when he retired likely not reopen until there is as a high school principal in a COVID-19 vaccine because Tucson, Ariz. Van Vlack and of the age of the participants. his wife moved to Carmel 8 “It’s saving the game be1/2 years ago.

Van Vlack cause the fees you pay for “I managed a bridge club that, a portion goes back to your local in Tucson after I retired, which was a club,” Van Vlack said. “You can pay for terrific job,” he said. “I got paid to $6 online and the clubs get a portion play bridge. We have one daughter, (slightly more than $3) of that. Without and she and her husband lived in that income, the clubs all over the Chicago and she got pregnant, so our country would have to shut down. It’s a retirement thoughts of being in sunny wonderful game. It’s a terrific pastime.

Arizona were put aside to be grandThey said it’s the world’s most popular parents, and we moved to Chicago. card game, and I’m absolutely addictThen my daughter, Jenny Van Hamped, as are many others.” ton, who is an attorney, got a job in Van Vlack plays with people from Indianapolis, so we just tagged along. the Indianapolis area club during a “We have a 10-year granddaughtwo-hour afternoon time slot. ter, who we’ve helped take care of “I know the people I’m playing with since she was born. Her husband died and against from my live experience three years ago of glioblastoma (brain at the club,” said Van Vlack, who also cancer).” plays online with a close friend from Fishers resident Maureen Clerkin, Arizona.

71, has been a member of the club Van Vlack, who prefers to be called for six years since retiring.

Van, said the strategy doesn’t change.

“I have about six or seven different “It’s the same game,” he said. “It’s partners,” Clerkin said. “I play with just the social aspect is limited. You the same person every Wednesday. can chat a little bit but it’s not the I’m guessing 50 percent of the Indiasame as being with people.” napolis club members are playing onVan Vlack’s wife, Julie, doesn’t play. line. Some aren’t because they don’t “We’ve salvaged our marriage as a like the online game as well. Since I’m result,” he said jokingly. “Sometimes playing with a lot of the same players, you get frustrated with your partner, I feel like I am connecting with them.” and sometimes it’s easier to get frusClerkin played bridge when she trated with your spouse than a friend. was younger and then stopped for 40 When you go to the club to play, years until retiring. most people are playing with friends “Both my brothers play, and we but they’re not playing with their husgrew up playing,” she said. “I’ve band or wife. At the club, I had five or played a variety of card games, six partners.” hearts, euchre, pinochle, poker. I like Van Vlack said all players get the bridge the best. It’s the most chalsame hand who are sitting across from lenging and the most fun. It takes a each other. lot of work.

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The Barrington of Carmel residents Jo Ann Myers, left, and Jan Haslar weave baskets for patients who require skilled nursing care. (Submitted photo)

Longtime friends share craft-making skills

By Rick Morwick rick@youarecurrent.com

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or nearly 10 years, Jo Ann Myers and Jan Haslar were next-door neighbors in Massillon, Ohio.

They grew up together, graduated from high school together — and then a strange thing happened.

Life got in the way, and they wouldn’t see each other again for more than three decades — until they discovered they both happened to live in Hamilton County.

Now, they are reunited as friends and neighbors, only this time as residents of The Barrington of Carmel, where they share a passion — and talent — for basket weaving.

“After graduating high school, we went our separate ways and had no contact for over 30 years,” said Myers, 79, who reconnected with Haslar several years ago after moving to Carmel and discovering that her childhood friend lived in Westfield. “I called her to renew our friendship.”

Myers and Haslar, 81, moved into The Barrington a few months apart in 2018. The following year, they learned the art of basket weaving from a fellow resident, Sandy Godich, and have

since made dozens of baskets that are given to patients who require skilled nursing care.

“Basket weaving is easy and something I can do and get lost in thought,” Myers said. “I lose track of time when I am weaving. It also is enjoyable to spend time with others while weaving and feel that I am doing something for others.”

Haslar enjoys the craft for most of the same reasons.

“For me, it’s very relaxing, and when I’m concentrating on what I’m doing, I can forget the world is out there,” she said. “It was really a blessing when we were in lockdown during COVID-19.”

Myers and Haslar each had craft-making hobbies prior to weaving baskets. Myers has worked in ceramics, crochet and cross stitch and has made hook rugs, Indian jewelry and hand-rolled silk flowers. She also has sewn clothes.

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Continued from Page 4 stitch and tapestry — and has created paintings and pen and ink drawings. She also is a former flute player.

But prior craft experience notwithstanding, basket weaving required learning a new set of skills — something both women warmly embraced.

“I don’t feel there is anything difficult about basket weaving,” Myers said. “Basic weaving reminds me of making potholders when I was a kid. There are many ways to change the basic pattern by using different colors of reed and sizes of reed. Starting out as a beginner, we used patterns. After making a few baskets, I had the desire to make my own designs.

“It’s always a work in progress.”

Haslar agrees.

“When I first started, the hardest parts to master were understanding all the different reeds, (such as) flat, flat oval, round, and what and when to use them, especially when following a specific pattern,” she said. “The time it takes to make a basket depends on the size, of course, (and) then it depends on what type of weave you’re doing.

“The smaller baskets that we’ve made take about four to six hours.”

When the baskets are finished, they are filled with toiletries and personal items such as pencils and puzzle books for patients in skilled nursing care.

“A comment my husband made when I was doing hook rugs was that my next project would be making baskets,” Myers said. “Little did I know that 50 years later that would come true. When I started basket weaving, I had no idea it would be my favorite hobby.”

“I don’t feel there is anything difficult about basket weaving. Basic weaving reminds me of making potholders when I was a kid.

There are many ways to change the basic pattern by using different colors of reed and sizes of reed.”

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Hoosier Village: Meet Ginger Merkel

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inger Merkel was quite familiar with Hoosier Village when she moved into the senior living community near Zionsville in 2017. Her mother, Alice Peak, lived at Hoosier Village from 1994 until she died in 2008. Merkel and her late husband, Roger, had lived in Indianapolis before his death in 2016.

Merkel, 73, works full time at Wells Fargo as a financial planner. Merkel, Merkel who has been with Wells Fargo for 43 years, earned her degree from IUPUI. Prior to financial planning, she was a buyer for Block’s, a defunct Indianapolis department store.

“I knew a lot about Hoosier Village, and I recommended it to clients over the years, so I have a lot of clients who live out here,” she said. “There was good reason for me to come out here.”

What keeps you working full time?

“My dad (Philip Peak) worked until he was 87. My mentor, Alex Carroll, worked until he was 94. I’m trying to beat his record. My father was dean of education at Indiana University.”

How did shooting clay pigeons get to be your favorite pastime?

“My husband was a U.S. Marshal and he taught me

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to use a gun early on. We used to travel and one of the events we went to for the firm was at Greenbrier (W. Va.) Sporting Club and they had a sporting clays course there. Both of us decided that looked like fun. We enjoyed it and met another couple we traveled around. She’s a colleague of mine and the firm and does what I do in the Washington, D.C., area.”

Do you compete in tournaments?

“No, we just shoot for fun. I’ve been doing it about 10 years or so. I do shoot with my business partner’s two boys that are going back to Purdue. We used to shoot almost every weekend. I don’t like skeet or trap, it’s too boring. Sporting clays involves several different shooting stations on a course, which offers a variety of trajectories, angles, speeds, distances and target sizes.”

Any other hobbies?

“I do a lot of work for the America Red Cross and I do a lot of traveling on their behalf. I do a lot of personal travel.”

Do you have a favorite travel spot?

“I do a lot of travel to Europe, but I suspect that is going to decline some. I travel for the Red Cross. I am on a couple of national boards, so I spend a lot of time in D.C. Some of the board meetings are in other parts of the country. I spend a lot of time on airplanes or did until recently. I’ve been active in Red Cross for almost 30 years. I’m a life board member. They are stuck with me forever. I serve on the national philanthropic board for the national headquarters and also Tiffany Circle National Council. I was a chair for awhile and I have an emeritus position there. Tiffany Circle is the high-end women’s giving organization for the American Red Cross.”

Did you have a favorite travel spot with your husband?

“My husband was a German student and an exchange student in high school. He liked anything where he could use his German, so we spent a fair amount of time in Germany. Probably like Austria the best and Switzerland.”

“I do a lot of travel to Europe, but I suspect that is going to decline some. I travel for the Red Cross. I am on a couple of national boards, so I spend a lot of time in D.C. ”

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Senior move provides challenges Commentary by Kristen Howard

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ON Retirees stay active with weekly golf leagues

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com

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uring the coronavirus pandemic, one way for older adults to stay active has been golf.

Carmel’s Plum Creek Golf Club’s senior league got off to a little slower start before Carmel allowed carts to

be used.

“When it started and you couldn’t use carts, a lot of the older people couldn’t play because they couldn’t walk the course,” Dave Van Vliet said. “We delayed the league start for a month because of that. We usually start in the second or third Van Vliet week in April, and we started in May. Seventy-five percent use carts now and the rest walk.

I started walking because of the social distancing.”

Carmel resident Steve Valentine, 64, said golf has been a positive way to stay active.

“You get some exercise and a chance to socialize a little bit,” he said. “So many people who don’t play golf or don’t play that much are going stir crazy because you are cooped up in your house. We’re able to get fresh air, enjoy fellowship, and It’s been good for your mental well-being,’ Van Vliet, 68, serves as treasurer for the Plum Creek league.

“It’s basically seniors, but we’ll let anyone play if they want to play,” Van Vliet said. “There are some in their 50s that retired early. There is a core 30 to 40 who play golf every day.”

The league is held Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Van Vliet, who has lived in Carmel for 30 years, said all the members are retirees.

Van Vliet said the league size has been steady with 59. League play ends in mid-October.

“We got a lot of new blood this year and we lost some golfers,” he said.

Jim Sheffield of Carmel prepares to tee off at the first hole at Plum Creek Golf Club. (Photo by Ann Marie Shambaugh)

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From left, CE Quandt, Jim Jackson and Jim Winter prepare to tee off at the first hole at Plum Creek Golf Club. (Photo by Ann Marie Shambaugh)

Continued from Page 8 Van Vliet, who has golfed seriously for the past 25 years, said the teams are balanced by handicaps.

“We usually have a high handicap, two mid-handicaps and one low handicap in the same group,” he said. “The low handicap is about a 2 for the tees we are playing and the high is 25. It’s a good mix. Most are about 12- to 18-handicap.”

Van Vliet has been a Plum Creek member since 2002 and is in his third year with the league.

“The first time I played this course I fell in love with it,” Van Vliet said. “It’s a good course for people who don’t hit the ball far. There are very few times that there are traps in front of the greens. It’s a very forgiving course. It’s a tough course because it’s a Pete Dye course and it’s all angles, and you have to play the right angles.”

Valentine is in his second year as a Plum Creek member.

“It’s a fun league, but there are some guys that are really competitive,” he said. “I have a 7-handicap for this year. I guess I’m considered an ‘A’ player. They have them categorized A, B, C, D. You get a chance to exercise and socialize.”

Noblesville resident Chuck Witt, 66, moved to the area from Valparaiso three years ago to be close to his daughter and two grandchildren. He joined the league when he moved.

“Not knowing anyone in the community, it’s been great to have friends around the golf course,” Witt

said. “It’s a big part of my social life.”

Over the Hill Gang at Fox Prairie Noblesville’s Fox Prairie Golf Course’s senior golf league is known as the Over the Hill Gang.

Pete Campassi, a 72-year-old Fishers resident, has been a member for 18 years.

“To be a bunch of retired people that play golf, you couldn’t ask for anything more,” Campassi said. “It’s perfect. You don’t call anybody. You don’t need to call for a tee time. The golf course has been nice enough to give us a block of times. Today, Campassi we had 25 golfers. Yesterday, we had seven. But typically, it’s anywhere from 12 to 28 golfers on a given day. Some play three days a week, some play every day.”

Campassi said everyone has a USGA-sanctioned handicap and then are divided into teams. The league typically starts at 8 a.m. weekdays.

“We throw five bucks in a pot, play a little game,” he said. “You play with a different guy every day, which makes it neat.”

Campassi said he played 150-plus rounds in 2019.

He has been playing five days a week this summer.

“Even before I retired, I was in a position where I could come out here, play and then go to my job,” Campassi said. “I think everyone is retired now. Some may do something else on the side.”

Prior to the pandemic, Campassi said everyone would sit inside and socialize after a round of golf.

Some do gather at outside tables, but it’s not quite the same, he said.

At 89, Richard Farrell is the oldest golfer playing this year.

“I drive the golf carts out of the barn in the morning and park ‘em Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,” said Farrell, who joined the league in 2005. “If I’m healthy enough, I try to play golf Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I’ve got a bad back, bad shoulder, bad elbow, bad hamstring, but I try to play.”

Farrell Farrell said he enjoys the flexibility of the league and friendships.

“I’ve been active all my life,” he said. “I ran a bowling alley for 50 years in Massachusetts. I started playing golf when I was younger and then gave it up for a while. I started again when I was 27 and played about every day for 50 years. We moved here in 2004, my two daughters and grandchildren are here.”

Noblesville resident Jim Astrike, 80, lives only a half-mile from the course.

“I love to play golf, and this is really handy,” he said. “It’s a great course. It’s one of the better municipal courses in Indiana.”

Fisher resident Jim Seymour, 72, who plays five days a week, likes the flexibility of the league.

“If I decided not to play tomorrow, I don’t have to show up,” said Seymour, who has been a member since 2006.

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What offices are open?

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IU Health has a virtual hub where you can have a virtual telehealth visit if you have symptoms. Unless one is critically ill with COVID, it is better to stay quarantined at home until screening and testing has confirmed that it is safe for you to be around others.”

How is social distancing handled?

“There is social distancing throughout the facility. When entering the facility, you are asked to socially distance when checking in. As much as possible, patients are taken directly to the exam room to minimize the time in the waiting room and potential exposure to others.”

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A portion of the Fall Creek Trail at Fort Benjamin Harrison State Park passes along the Fall Creek waterway. (Photo by Rick Morwick)

Fort Ben offers easy to moderate hiking

By Rick Morwick rick@youarecurrent.com

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f you ever get told to “take a hike,” it might not be a slight. It might actually be sound health advice, especially for older people who want to stay active in ways that don’t involve running, strength training or other activities that are aerobically taxing or stressful on joints.

Locally, Fort Benjamin Harrison State Park in Lawrence has a variety of easy and moderate trails that combine pleasant scenery with walkable terrain — natural and paved — that can be completed in as little as 30 minutes or as long as several hours, depending on the physical challenge you’re looking for.

In total, the park has six trails. Two are classified as easy and two are moderate. Of the four, the Fall Creek Trail, the Camp Creek Trail and the Harrison Trace Trail afford the best views of surrounding woods and waterways, lakes and ponds, and are among the most popular with hikers.

As the name implies, the Fall Creek Trail follows a swath of Fall Creek. It also passes through woods with opportunities for birding and tree iden-

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tification. It is 1.1-mile in length and classified as moderate. It ultimately connects to Camp Creek Trail.

A bit more challenging than the Fall Creek Trail, Camp Creek is a 2-mile trial that passes along the banks of Delaware Lake, a prominent feature of the park, and Duck Pond. It also has views of several vistas from bluffs that overlook Camp Creek Valley.

“You can turn (Fall Creek and Camp Creek trails) into one big loop, and it makes it about 3 to 4 miles,” said Denise Kivett, who works in the park’s visitors center and is the leader of a hiking club. “You’re going to have really great views of actual Fall Creek.

Camp Creek is a little bit more on the rugged side but we still consider it one of our more moderate trails.”

Unlike most other trails in the park, Fall Creek and Camp Creek are for hikers only. Bicycles are not permitted.

The park’s lone paved trail, Harrison Trace, is 3.2 miles and is classified as easy. It is popular with walkers, joggers and bicyclists.

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Reflection on time with grandparents Commentary by Tom Weesner

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he sweet smell of freshly cut grass and spring flowers bring fond memories of spending time with my grandparents. One, in particular, stands out in my mind. As a baseball player, I would ask my grandpas to play catch. One would and the other wouldn’t, stating he was too old. For two men who were the same age, why did one feel so differently than the other?

My grandfather who wouldn’t play catch walked all the time, including to and from work every day, up and down big hills (if you’ve been to Wabash, you know what I am talking about). He walked for heart health, but strength and flexibility were limited, so he didn’t feel comfortable playing catch. My other grandfather was more active and had a job that built strength and required balance and flexibility.

My grandmothers, on the other hand, were the opposite of their spouses. One was active and strong, the other not so much. I remember vividly spending hours in my strong grandma’s backyard gardening, picking berries and picking up apples at the end of the summer. My grandma never ran out of energy and was able to pick up and carry the bushel basket of fallen apples swarming with bees.

So, what do I take away from these memories?

Spending time with your grandchildren requires not only stamina, but strength, flexibility and balance. Your grandkids are quite aware of your ability to play with them, and like me, they are likely to retell stories 40 years

later. I’m sure you are excited to be back on the walking paths, listening to the birds sing while your dog explores the fresh scents, and good for you! But, the ability to remain active requires more than just walking. Dave Stewart, director of personal training at Motion 4 Life Fitness, hears many stories of how comprehensive exercise programs have impacted grandparents’ lives.

“I have one member who said he is doing more gardening than ever, another who doesn’t get tired after an evening with the grandkids, and a couple who traveled to Mackinac Island and were both joyfully able to bike around the entire island,” Stewart said. “Our members are able to be more active outside because they are spending time inside the gym during the spring and summer working on cardio, flexibility, strength and balance. All four of these areas are critically important for active aging.”

Even the American College of Sports Medicine recommends strength training and exercises for agility and balance at least two to three times per week in addition to walking outdoors. So, in addition to your walking, find a local fitness facility that focuses on age-appropriate exercise and get started today! Your grandchildren will remember these good times with you.

Tom Weesner is the president of Motion 4 Life Fitness.

“I have one member who said he is doing more gardening than ever, another who doesn’t get tired after an evening with the grandkids, and a couple who traveled to Mackinac Island and were both joyfully able to bike around the entire island.”

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Clark made the decision to move after her husband, Jim Clark, died in April at age 83. He owned Clark Tire in Fishers.

“We were married for more than 20 years and had known each other for more than 50 years,” she said.

Clark

Describe your children’s interesting backgrounds?

“My daughter, Kelly Louks, was a teacher and she was Mrs. Indiana back in the 1980s. She lives in Southlake, Texas, which is a suburb of Dallas. My son, Scott Haffner, played basketball for Noblesville High School and was the first Indiana All-Star that it had. He played one season at the University of Illinois and then transferred to the University of Evansville. His senior year he scored 65 points against the University of Dayton, so that was a big night.

I didn’t miss any of his (college) games. He was drafted by the Miami Heat and played in the NBA for several years. I went down to Miami a couple of times to see him play with the Heat. He also played with Steph Curry’s dad (Dell) at Charlotte. He was

How many grandchildren do you have?

“I have 14 (in a blended family as her late husband had two sons). My grandson, Corbin Louks, was (a receiver) with the Seattle Seahawks, Kansas City Chiefs and Denver Broncos. Scott’s son, Cameron, played varsity basketball at Westfield High School as a sophomore last season. Scott’s boys all play basketball and Cory’s girls all play basketball, so that’s where we spend our time going to games.”

Where did you graduate?

“I graduated from Butler University, so I’m a big Bulldogs fan.”

What did you do for a living?

“I taught kindergarten and retired in 2002. I taught in the Hamilton Southeastern school district at different schools. I was down in Evansville for quite a while and taught school down there. I also was a surgical assistant for a periodontist for 13 years in Indianapolis.”

Any other hobbies you have?

“I love music. I sang with the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir for about 12 years. We did a concert at Carnegie Hall and at the Kennedy Center. That was a great experience in my life. Growing up I took voice lessons at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. I took some music classes at Butler, but that wasn’t my major. I’m very active in White River Christian Church and help with things. I also like cooking. I love gardening and flowers and things like that.”

What do you like about living at Rose Senior Living so far?

“I’ve met some nice people even though we can’t enjoy all the amenities, and they have so many. We sit outside where we can talk.”

“I love music. I sang with the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir for about 12 years. We did a concert at Carnegie Hall and at the Kennedy Center. That was a great experience in my life. ”

— Pat Clark

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According to a 2011 study, older Americans lose a minimum of $2.9 billion annually due to elder financial abuse and exploitation. Knowing the impact of abuse on the elderly, the Indiana Association of Area Agencies on Aging’s Senior Medicare Patrol director began hosting a networking group more than four years ago consisting of government agencies and organizations that serve older adults and/or have a mission to educate them and their caregivers on how to prevent all types of fraud. The networking group later developed into IN-CASE. The mission of IN-CASE is to empower Indiana communities to prevent and end senior exploitation and abuse through education, encouragement and empowerment.

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More and more of us are thinking about end-of-life issues because of the coronavirus pandemic. As an elder law attorney, I encourage Hoosiers to take positive steps that ensure their care wishes are spelled out and protect their resources for the future.

Life Care Planning Life Care Planning is one way to get the help you need to manage your finances, legal issues and health care needs. Life Care Planning involves a team of attorneys, health care providers and financial managers. They look at the type of care you need and want, walk you through the maze of choices to help pay for it and examine the best ways to protect your assets and get top-quality care. You generally pay a fee to have the team at your disposal day or night.

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Don’t let fear stop you from taking action. The power to leave a positive legacy that you are proud of is in your hands.

Lisa Dillman is an attorney at Applegate & Dillman Elder Law. The firm specializes in elder law and Life Care Planning. The firm has offices in Indianapolis, Carmel and Zionsville. Find out more at applegate-dillman.com

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“I began writing poems some 40 years ago,” said Byrne, IUPUI philosophy professor emeritus. “Early on, comparatively few of them were of publishable quality, in part because my time was then focused on professional academic writing as a philosopher. I became more focused on my poetry after retiring in 1998 after 29 years at IUPUI and even more so after the death Byrne of my partner Anne Donchin in 2014.

“From New York where we had been living, I then returned to the Indianapolis area, where I bought a house in Carmel.”

Donchin, also a former IUPUI philosophy professor, started the university’s women’s studies program.

In 2017, Byrne, now 87, became one of the founding members of the Carmel Poetry Group, which for two years had live meetings but now meets virtually.

Austin Macauley Publishers recently released Byrne’s “Human Kindness Shortfalls.”

“My recent publication consists of 28 poems, most of which were written during my time with the poetry group, and each of these was critiqued by them, but it includes several quality poems from earlier times,” he said. “To quantify, I’d say some 85 percent of the poems in this book were written in the last two to three years.”

The book’s description is, each of the poems addresses a problem that human kindness has failed to resolve sufficiently and thus hampered people’s ability to improve the world as we know it, Byrne said.

The poems are divided into five categories in the following order: Destructive activities known personally by the author; examples and illustrations of issues that compromise the ability of families to thrive; failures in the political realm that undermine social well-being; critiques of the human propensity for war; and some of the author’s experiences reflective of ecological woes in the world — greater openness to others in our attitudes could improve the world in which we live.

“I arrived at this description almost automatically after having arranged the poems in similar groupings and then identifying the topic each group was about,” he said.

This is Byrne’s second book of poetry. In 2018, he published “Towards Humanizing Humans: Hopeful Poems.”

He also included a section of poems in his memoir “Remembering My Self” in 201. He also had approximately a dozen poems published in various outlets for writers, such as “Writers and Readers Magazine.”

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