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Bert Keller and Pat Dillon

Oct 13 2026 - 1

Bert Keller and Pat Dillon

October 13 , 2025

1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Bert Keller

Professor Emeritus, MUSC, Post & Courier, Columnist

Aging for Amateurs: On Making the Best of It

We normally move into retirement and old age with anxiety if not dread. As accomplished as we may have been in a career, raising a family, and public life, we are amateurs when it comes to aging. Bert Keller thinks looking at it with a “beginner’s mind,” opens us to new creativity, self-understanding, contribution and dignity.

2:00 - 2:30 p.m. Light Refreshments and Social Time

2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Pat Dillon, Professor, Art and Architectural History , CofC

Not Just Stuff! Thoughtful Options for Your Treasures

We all accumulate material possessions. Thinking about what to do with them is overwhelming. Pat Dillon will discuss the options available to find your treasures’ new homes. When should you appraise, keep, sell, donate, or force your treasures on the kids?