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Living the spirit of adventure: Medford Leas redefines retirement living

October 27, 2025October 8, 2025 by Phil Pagliaro

Jersey’s Best, NJ.com on October 01, 2025 Nestled within the tranquil embrace of the 250-plus acre Barton Arboretum and Nature Preserve, Medford Leas stands as a testament to what retirement living can … Read more

11 Things you Didn’t Know About Independent Living at Medford Leas

August 31, 2026January 10, 2019 by admin

You may have heard that you can enjoy a convenient, fulfilling and fun lifestyle in independent living. In most cases, delicious meals, lifelong learning, social opportunities and cultural enrichment help … Read more

First Fall in Lumberton

December 23, 2019October 30, 2016 by admin

by Kathy Riley

After a September that seemed like an extension of summer, we began to have cooler weather and an occasional touch of frost, interspersed with some eighty-degree days whose heat and humidity had us digging out those summer clothes we’d carefully put away. I thought back to the year before when we were in the early stages of our move and visited the soon-to-be new home several times. I knew that I would be living there by late winter, but emotionally I still hadn’t let go of my old city home.

A Newcomer’s Perspective

June 5, 2019September 27, 2016 by admin

by Kathy Riley

“All right, everyone, let’s jog to the end of the pool and back,” commands Ann Naulty, Lumberton resident and volunteer pool exercise leader. The group breaks into an awkward trot, some faster, some slower. “When you get to the wall, jog backwards!” Ann directs, and we reverse the process. There is much laughter and an occasional collision as we get ready for an hour of low impact, high energy fitness with our friends. The sun tops the trees, and suddenly, we are all much warmer and making jokes about our ‘spa.’ Enjoying an outdoor pool isn’t all that unusual until you look at a calendar and see the date — September 23.

Jumping Right In – Sea Stars

December 23, 2019July 26, 2016 by admin

We have been here over a year now, and below are updates on three areas where we are successfully through the settling-in! First. We are now very comfortable with our newly assembled network of local medical professionals, including specialists and facilities.

Jumping Right In –Two Weeks in May

December 23, 2019May 17, 2016 by admin

In previous posts, I’ve written about specific activities and events here at Medford Leas as we’ve participated in them. But coming up to the one year anniversary of our move to Medford Leas, I thought a sample slice of what was available here, just over the last two weeks, might be of interest. There is much to choose from here at Medford Leas, and it is very nice to do the choosing from the comfort of our “less commitments” retirement life style! So here goes – May, 2016 –

Jumping Right In – Our First Spring

December 23, 2019April 1, 2016 by admin

It is April 1. This morning I found myself looking right into the tree in front of our kitchen window and it was covered with airy pink flowers! Overnight it decided to get going and it looked like a good two thirds of the buds had already begun to spring (I couldn’t stop myself) open.

Jumping Right In – Our First Snowstorm Here

December 23, 2019February 5, 2016 by admin

This week Puxatawney Phil, the ‘winter’s end’ predicting groundhog, said we were not going to get an extension of winter this year, just the usual February 2 plus six weeks. So, assuming he is correct, winter ends on March 15! But, before that, I wanted to tell you about our first snowstorm experience here.

Jumping Right In – A Concert

June 5, 2019January 15, 2016 by admin

Here Jayne Bodner tells of her relationship with music in general and specifically with the symphony that was streamed in the Theater on January 7. An earlier post called “A film score without the film” is also about this symphony. Here Jayne explains what this music means to her personally and tells of the smile on her face when she learned it was scheduled as the first Music Video of 2016

Jumping Right In: A Holiday Wish

December 23, 2019December 14, 2015 by admin

This may not sound like a holiday greeting card, inviting you to enjoy the warmth of the season and the promise of a new year. But it is. There is nothing like relocating, to start a new phase of life, to make you overwhelmingly aware of all you have, and all you want and think you want, of possessions, routine and tradition. It is all, every bit, so transparently right here, all around you in your new life. Every thing and thought has its own glow or glare, and it can feel like you are the deer in the headlights.

by Kathy Riley

by Kathy Riley

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