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Voice of the Village 2024
Aging is a special stage of life that deserves respect and appreciation. 

  Carquinez Village has a weekly column, Voice of the Village, that appears each Friday in the Benicia Herald. 

Click on the titles to read the columns.

Music
By Lois Requist
published May 24, 2024

The Gift of Friendship
By Diane Choquette
published May 17, 2024

Financial Planning for Seniors
By Barbara Engdahl
published May 10, 2024

Celebrating May as Older Adults Month
By Lois Requist
published May 3, 2024

Rethinking Do not Resuscitate Orders 
By Diane Choquette
published Apr. 26, 2024

A Slice of The West and California 
By Lois Requist
published Apr. 19, 2024

What Comes to Mind on a Monday Morning
By Lois Requist
published Apr. 12, 2024

Healthy habits from a nonprofessional
By Lois Requist
published Apr. 5, 2024

Having trouble with the written driving test? Read on 
By Lois Requist
published Mar. 29, 2024

Every Breath You Take
By Diane Choquette
published Mar. 22, 2024

Cruising the Danube
By Barbara Engdahal
published Mar. 15, 2024

Spring is here, "old is not a pejorative
By Lois Requist
published Mar. 8, 2024

What does My Age Say About Me? 
By Lois Requist
published Mar. 1, 2024

Probiotics: Therapy for the Dieases of Aging
By Diane Choquette
published Feb 23, 2024

How Much Advice Can you Handle?
By Lois Requist
published Feb 16, 2024

Creating Solutions for our Own Future
By Linda Chandler
published Feb 9, 2024

The Sustaining Strength of Women Friends 
By Lois Requist
published Feb 2, 2024

Supplements for Healthy Aging
By Diane Choquette
published Jan. 26, 2024

To the Hebrides, Part Two
By Barbara Engdahl
published Jan. 19, 2024

To the Hebrides, Part One
By Barbara Engdahl
published Jan. 12, 2024

Rolling into a New Year
by Lois Requist
published Jan 5, 2024