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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.

 

Do you get what you want from this column
By Lois Requist
published Sept 6, 2024

Finding a Community Through Coffee
By Lois Requist
published Aug 30, 2024

Choosing a New Doctor 
By Diane Choquette
published Aug 23, 2024

Scams aplenty. Who can you trust?
By Lois Requist
published Aug 16, 2024

Our Peddlers Fair: A long Tradition
By Jusy Furlong & Tim Markley
published Aug 9, 2024

Have you experienced ageism? 
By Lois Requist
published Aug 2, 2024

Volunteering for Caquinez Village 
By Diane Choquette
published July 26, 2024

Your sense of smelland its link to the brain
By Lois Requist
published July 19, 2024

An Unexpected Travel Adventure
By Judy Furlong
published July 11, 2024

The Last week in Benicia
By Lois Requist
published July 5, 2024

Gardens: Memories and Reflections?
By Diane Choquette
published June 28, 2024

How do you feel about getting older?
By Lois Requist
published June 21, 2024

Solano County Master Plan for Aging
By Lois Requist
published June 14, 2024

A Little about Iceland
By Lois Requist
published May 31, 2024

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