Voice of the Village 2025 - Carquinez Village

Voice of the Village 2025
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.

Finding Meaning in Later Life
By Diane Choquette
published July 25, 2025

Reliably Present
By Cathy Bennett
published July 18, 2025

The Narcissists
By Julie Lake
published July 4, 2025

Older Adults and the DMV
By Diane Choquette
published June 27, 2025

A Path Through Aging
By Cathy Bennett
published June 20, 2025

The Dude Abides: Meet the Men’s Group of Carquinez Village
By Jennifer Hanley, Executive Director
published June 13, 2025

It's Pride
By Judy Furlong
published June 6, 2025

Recipe for a Radical
By Barbara Feth
published May 30, 2025

Changing Views on Aging
By Diane Choquette
published May 23, 2025

Memories as Precious as Gemstones
By Cathy Bennett
published May 16, 2025

Who is the Mother Now?
By Judy Furlong
published May 9, 2025

The Flowers of Spring
By Julie Lake
published May 2, 2025

My How you've Grown
By Diane Choquette
published Apr 25, 2025

Dying Intentionally
By Barbara Engdahl
published Apr 18, 2025

A Life Far Away
By Judy Furlong
published Apr 11, 2025

How I Ended up in Benicia
By Cathy Bennet
published Apr 4, 2025

The Buck Institute for Research on Aging
By Diane Choquette
published Mar 28, 2025

Neighborhoods
By Barbara Feth
published Mar 21, 2025

A Woman of Our Own History
By Judy Furlong
published Mar 14, 2025

My Friend Liv
By Diane Choquette
published Feb 21, 2025

Roses are red; violets are blue
By Judy Furlong
published Feb 14, 2025

Aging Long and Well
By Lois Requist
published Feb 7, 2025

Losing a Sister to Dementia
By Diane Choquette
published Jan 24, 2025

A Short History of Carquinez Village
By Lois Requist
published Jan 17, 2025

Resolutions
By Judith Furlong
published Jan 10, 2025

Generations, skill, and technology
By Lois Requist
published Jan 3, 2025