Home

Welcome to “On the Kendal Journey”.

My primary intention with this blog was to provide a chronicle of the changes occurring at Kendal, my retirement community, during the critical period of the Covid-19 outbreak. But it has evolved into much more than that.

Kendal is a community that prides itself on the friendliness and openness of its residents, and on the many close relationships among them. That got us through the worst of the crisis, though many residents, especially the newcomers, are still suffering from the lack of contact and community we experienced during the heart of the epidemic.

I hope that others (at Kendal and beyond) will submit comments and send me potential “guest posts” about the issues we are all facing. I hope to hear from you!

Note: this blog represents my own opinions and not those of the Kendal administration or anyone else (with the exception of guest posts, which are clearly marked as such). If you find errors or statements that need correction, please let me know. I will be glad to update the blog as needed.

Also: When I write “Kendal” in this blog, I mean specifically Kendal at Longwood, my retirement community. Please see the page “Three meanings of the name ‘Kendal’” for more information about the name of my community and the names of the organizational layers it is part of (for now).

— George Alexander