January 2026 - Transition & Change, News
January 1, 2026

New Beginnings

“Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, ‘It will be happier.’”

― Alfred Lord Tennyson

“If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.”

― Dolly Parton

“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language and next year’s words await another voice.”

― T.S. Eliot

“Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.”

―Wizard of Oz

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”

— C.S. Lewis

“We spend January 1st walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched.”

― Ellen Goodman

“Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.”

—Anon.

“It’s never too late to be who you might have been.”

— George Eliot

“Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”

— L.M. Montgomery

“This is a new year. A new beginning. And things will change.”

― Taylor Swift

“Let’s all do our part to create change in our communities and build a better world for everyone.”

― Michele Obama

“And now we welcome the new year, full of things that have never been.”

― Rainer Maria Rilke

“Kindness, kindness, kindness. I want to make a New Year’s prayer, not a resolution. I’m praying for courage.”

― Susan Sontag

“The past has its own terrible inevitability, but it is never too late to change the future.”

― Heather Cox Richardson

Other News
In Your Opinion, Opinion
By Tim Haskett 
May 31, 2026
I want to thank Dr. Keith Flamer for convening the New Vision for Humboldt Health Care Task Force (see “A Call to Action,” May Senior News, page 1). This effort of local community and business leaders deserves our full attention and support. As Dr. Bruce Kessler’s article in May’s Senior News points out (“Hum...
In Your Opinion, Opinion
By Al Mays 
May 31, 2026
We all too often forget and cannot neglect life’s demons. They cannot be eradicated without seriously believing that they are real. Femicide is such a demon. The term “femicide” is rarely used in official U.S. statistics, as murders of women are normally categorized as homicides. According to a U.N. study, fe...
Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Corinne Frugoni 
May 31, 2026
To the Editor: Were you perplexed as I was over the May “Health in Humboldt 2026” issue of Senior News? As in this issue, recent local forums have addressed the current defective state of healthcare availability in Humboldt County. While pertinent questions have been asked along with recognition that our curr...
Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Vicki Stevens 
June 1, 2026
To the Editor: I want to thank Dr. Heidmann for her March column “What is Good Health?” As a participant of Redwood Coast PACE, I was encouraged by her words and insights. I live daily with chronic illness and pain, and her last paragraph has become a great way for me to focus on my health: “Good health is, a...