Today's Transitions

09/12/2025

Our fall RESTORATION issue is here! 🍁 What needs restored in your life? In this issue, we meet some people who believe in the power of restoration.

Look at Bob Jennings, who restores cars that are both fantastic and impractical while inspiring people everywhere. 🚘

Or Gerry Masse, who preserves memories by lovingly applying art to furniture restoration. 🪑

Barb Brewster saw the decreasing population of Monarch butterflies and decided to do what she could to help restore the species. 🦋

Explore ways to restore your body through both wonderful technology 🩻 and ancient methods 🧘‍♀️, or discover restoration in a town that has held onto history. 🥃

The possibilities are endless. Read the issue here: https://bit.ly/4n0q6Bf

09/10/2025

This gorgeous weather calls for a visit to La Grange — check out the railroad museum and a walk downtown through the murals and art.

Only 20 minutes from downtown Louisville, Oldham County is a perfect destination for a summer day trip. We reached out to the experts — Oldham County residents — for recommendations and were overwhelmed by the many enthusiastic responses. Here are some favorite stops to add to your itinerary. LA...

09/09/2025

You can explore six waterfalls at this beautiful state park in Indiana! Take an easy hour’s drive from Louisville for a day trip to Clifty Falls and the lovely town of Madison. See what to do here:

Centrally located in the Louisville-Cincinnati-Indianapolis triangle lies the charming town of Madison, Indiana. A destination in and of itself, Madison is an easy one-hour drive from Louisville along the Ohio River Scenic Byway. No matter your interests, you will find it here: history, arts, music,...

08/31/2025

“In my garden are peonies from my gramma (who, according to family lore, got them from her mother, who got them from her mother), a lilac bush from my childhood home, a lavender plant grown from seeds a cousin saved for me, and a 30-year-old pothos cutting a friend gave me on my 30th birthday.”

Find more inspiration from a landscape architect to nurture and share your own heirloom plants:

I was at the garden center of a Home Depot one afternoon, hovering by the shade-tolerant plants, when a woman investigating the hostas turned to me and said, “I’ve always said that if you have to buy hostas, you need more friends — but oh well, here I am anyway!” I laughed, because it’s tr...

08/30/2025

Aqua therapy in heated pools are exceptionally great ways to alleviate arthritis pain and help with mobility. See where in town you can find a heated pool:

Looking for water therapy or fitness options? Today's Transitions found three places you can go to improve mobility and ease pain.

08/28/2025

“It seems to me that there are five essential steps to finding the fullness of life, and each builds on the other.” Read more from bishop Bob Mueller:

How do we find the fullness of life? How do we learn to join the dance and sing the songs of life in all of its fullness? It seems to me that there are five essential steps that can be taken in order and each builds on the other. The more deeply these five elements […]

08/27/2025

Greet the fall with culture and concerts this September! Here are our picks for events to add to your calendar, starting with WorldFest this weekend.

Greet the fall with culture and concerts this September! Here are our picks for events to add to your calendar. Make your Labor Day weekend festive with the 23rd annual WorldFest happening Aug. 29–Sept. 1. WorldFest celebrates the diverse international cultures found right here in Louisville. Th...

08/21/2025

They’ve camped in an AirStream for 25 years! This couples’ motto has always been ‘It’s better living in a 7×11 space.’ Check out their story and open attitude toward life.

At 72, Sarah Dutton proves it is never too late for adventure. For the past 25 years, she and her husband, Bill Stewart, have traveled in their 1965 Airstream camper (TinCan) throughout the United States. “She’s vintage, like us!” Sarah says. The couple has camped in all 48 of the lower states...

08/20/2025

At the age of 71, I had pretty much given up on my two adult sons ever getting married. Out of the blue, my youngest son came to me and announced he had met someone and wanted to know if I would like to meet her.

“Of course,” I answered, trying not to sound too eager.

“When?”

“In about 15 minutes,” Matt responded. “She’s on her way now.”

Read more of Connie Meyer’s sweet wishes to her grown son and his bride on their wedding day:

At the age of 71, I had pretty much given up on my two adult sons ever getting married. Out of the blue, my youngest son came to me and announced he had met someone and wanted to know if I would like to meet her. “Of course,” I answered, trying not to sound too […]

08/19/2025

Find something fresh to watch tonight — these two new shows will grab your interest and your heart.

The Quilters, Netflix, May 15, 2025 This touching documentary short about men in prison who design and sew quilts for foster children was shortlisted for an Oscar this year, and it’s easy to see why. The cameras take you inside the sewing room at South Central Correctional Center, a maximum securi...