By Barbara Hodgkinson-- A long and happy marriage has benefits! In 2007, Friends House residents helped celebrate Amy and Harold’s 70th wedding anniversary. Now, both 96 years old, they are healthy and active in the community. At 94, Harold renewed his driver’s license for five more years. Growing up on farms in Iowa (Harold) and Nebraska (Amy) at the height of the depression and in the dust-bowl years, they … [Read more...]

By Barbara Hodgkinson-- Kay, as a relative newcomer to Friends House, surprised us all by her willingness to serve as Clerk of the FASE Board after only serving for one year on the Board. The by-laws do not prohibit a resident Board member or a non-Quaker from being Clerk but her selection was a “first.” She is already proving to be an effective and clear-thinking Clerk, and she is eagerly learning about Quakerism … [Read more...]

By Barbara Hodgkinson-- When you first meet Clare, you sense a quiet, calm, spiritual strength, although her life has often been a whirlwind of activity. Born legally blind with a rare retinal syndrome, Clare has always seen life as though she were watching a black-andwhite, overexposed, out-offocus film. Her parents were told she would never read but she learned to do so with her classmates, and reads now with the … [Read more...]