Commun ty Matters Rebirth Salina Presbyterian Manor
April 2016
Presbyterian Manor names Art is Ageless competition winners This year’s Art is Ageless event featured more than 85 artworks and several new artists. This event continues to grow with new faces and names each year.
Our featured resident artist this year was photographer Gerald Karnes. He entered two photos in the competition and displayed many more in the featured artist exhibit. As a child, Gerald borrowed his sister’s Brownie 620 for a trip to a recreation camp in Missouri and was hooked. After retirement, he bought a new digital camera and started noticing more of Salina photojournalist Tom Dorsey’s and Dr. Dale Cole’s work. Gerald took classes from Dr. Cole and has pursued his art in photography and other forms. He has taken painting classes with Barb Culley at the Senior Center and has participated with Jenny Redmond in “painting as therapy” both ART, continued on page 5
Mary’s Musings By Mary Bridges, chaplain
Growing up in a non-Internet world, we couldn’t access Pinterest or Facebook to find a cute saying or appropriate quote. But we had our own sayings that I’ll bet many of you remember: “If March comes in like a lion, it will go out like a lamb” and vice-versa. And “April showers will bring May flowers.” I still repeat these sayings, but I share quotes and sayings from Facebook often. A few months ago, I celebrated my birthday. I realized that I’m the age my father was when he died. This has caused me to reflect on life in a different way. I’ve been pondering on two words: forbearance (patient self-control; restraint and tolerance) and change. If you know me, patience and restraint are not my norm. I have always preferred spontaneous and new. After my pondering, I’ve decided to give up the word “change” and switch it to “rebirth.” That’s what happens to each of us every day. The old changes to the new, the young grow older, and the world hibernates in the winter and bursts forth in the spring. This was God’s plan at MUSINGS, continued on page 2