Woden Seniors Inc

50 years of providing Community Service to the over-50s of Canberra

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Fortnightly News 1/8/2025

Issue 15 of 2025  

1st August 2025

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ANOTHER CONTRIBUTION FROM THE CREATIVE WRITING ACTIVITY GROUP

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I am … or am I not?

Who am I?  What am I?  Where am I?

Am I who you think I am?

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Most people try to give an impression of themselves that they think will be acceptable.

Trying to fit in is the biggest obstacle for many of us to be who we really are, disabled or not.

In my opinion everybody is disabled in some way or form, otherwise we wouldn’t have to cover it up.

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Luckily I never met a perfect person, it must be soooo borning.

We all have our secrets behind closed doors.  And I choose for whom I open that door and how much.

And the windows of my mind… if  you can’t look in, I can’t look out and widen my horizon.

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I might plant flowers in the front to make it look nice and friendly, but will I allow you to peep inside?

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Wherever I go, I will find closed doors.  Everybody has them.

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I am…. And how are you?

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                               Pauline Mager.

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Jenny Gregory

President

Woden Seniors Inc.

PO Box 345, Woden ACT 2606 Tel: (02) 6282 2573

Email: president@wodenseniors.org.au        

www.wodenseniors.org.au 

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COMMUNITY NOTICES

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Creative Computing for Seniors workshop (using "Scratch")

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Scratch for Seniors at CIT Tuggeranong for National Science Week!

As part of National Science Week 2025, which runs from August 9 – 17, we will again be running creative computing workshops for seniors using Scratch.

Aimed at people over 55 years of age, the workshops will let you unleash your imagination to produce amazing, colourful, musical, moving creations, that can be shared with anyone. It’s fabulous for keeping the brain active and all you have to know to get started is how to use a mouse.

Two free workshops, with lunch provided, will be held at CIT Tuggeranong from 10am to 1pm on August 9 and 16, 2025, but registration is essential.

To register for one of these workshops, please visit:

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/1375851231069 (for Aug 9) or https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/1375911902539 (for Aug 16)
or email: u1518303@anu.edu.au.

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