By Marketing and Donor Relations Manager Jennifer Massaro — A recent blog by Kendal resident Becky Dungan made me pause. Her article focused on the phrase “I’m not ready yet.” It was as if she had spent some time in the marketing office! This is a phrase we hear often and always try to figure […]

By Resident Becky Dungan — I was pleasantly surprised to discover there was space to plant a few flowers at my house. It’s not that I’m a gardener, its just that I like cut flowers on the table, the shelf, the counter… The landscape person I had come look at the space said it was […]

By Peggy Qualls, Community Relations Manager —  I first met Dale because he has a gorgeous baby-blue 1929 Ford Model A antique car that he drove with his wife, Sally, at his side representing Kendal in the Granville Fourth of July Parade. While looking ahead to the upcoming parade, we had a chance to look […]

By Resident Reed Browning — During the week of July 30 through Aug. 4, Kendal at Granville was the site of an intellectual adventure. In a visit arranged by our artist-in-residence Harrison Ponce, Professor Karri Fritz-Klaus treated us to a chronological/thematic tour through the rich field of American art, while at the same time offering […]

By Resident Reed Browning — Most of our blog entries have reported on events or experiences that have already occurred. This entry breaks that pattern, for I want to alert blog followers to an exciting coming event at Kendal. It is a weeklong set of art history talks coupled with painting opportunities, all culminating in […]

By Peggy Qualls, Community Relations Manager — Sandy Dilts has a big job, keeping track of several people, places and things. As the Administrative Assistant for Resident Services, Sandy is the “go to” person when residents and staff have a need for transportation, want to submit a maintenance work order, wish to schedule rooms or […]

By Resident Reed Browning — Three times a year the Vintage Voices, a choir of senior singers from the Newark-Granville area, present a concert at Kendal at Granville. Not entirely coincidentally, its founder and director emerita is Teddy Westlake, a resident of Kendal. These concerts are generally linked to major holidays, and when the Vintage […]

By Resident Mary Ellen Landschulz — A few weeks after my husband  passed away, my kids asked me what I wanted to do and my immediate reply was go to Kendal. We had a priority membership so I was able to move quickly, and my move into an apartment at Kendal is one of the best […]

By Resident Reed Browning — On Tuesday night, June 26, the residents of Kendal at Granville marked the 13th anniversary of the founding of the community that we call home. It was a happy occasion. Residents and friends filled the Amelia Room at the dinnertime hour to enjoy hors d’oeuvres, cake and enchanting musical entertainment. […]

By Resident Ellen Rose — As a resident of Kendal at Granville we are allowed—no—make that encouraged to follow our creative muses. Witness my neighbor and our sculpture garden, which flourishes on our front lawns. It was created by Hedda Von Goeben, the neighbor, who is a master of the art of sculpture. She created […]