Still Time for Joy
Still Time for Joy features practical advice for weathering life's storms, and inspiring stories of resilience.
Host Sandra Levine interviews experts on caregiving, trauma, grief, and other intense challenges to provide a road map for survival. Heroes and healers, adventurers and innovators encourage you to pursue more self-care, reflection, connection, and fun—and your own unique and joyful purpose.
Sandra is a television producer, filmmaker, and speaker who spent 20 years as a caregiver, first for her husband Michael, who had a brain injury, and then for her mother Dorothy, who had Alzheimer's Disease. She created this show to share lessons learned from those experiences to help you get through difficult times, too.
Still Time for Joy is also available as a video podcast on YouTube @SandraLevineProd
Still Time for Joy
Butterfly Tent Event Inspires Visitors to Help Imperiled Monarch Butterflies & Other Pollinators
The beloved, iconic monarch butterfly is in serious trouble; its population has plummeted in recent decades due to pesticide use, habitat loss, and climate change.
For five years, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Ocean County has held a butterfly tent event in Toms River, NJ, to teach visitors about the importance of pollinators-including monarch butterflies-and the benefits of growing more native plants in your yard.
Susan Emhardt-Servidio, Rutgers Master Gardener Coordinator, Ocean County, explains how the tent event inspires young and old to take better care of the environment. Phyllis Delesandro, Rutgers Master Gardener, encourages people to live in harmony with the beneficial insects in their yards, and eliminate use of pesticides and insecticides whenever possible.
The life cycle of the monarch is fascinating. Watch this story to learn how a tiny egg transforms within about a month, into a spectacular butterfly.
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Ocean County https://ocean.njaes.rutgers.edu/
US Fish & Wildlife Service https://www.fws.gov/
Native Plant Finder https://nativeplantfinder.nwf.org/
Jersey Friendly Yards https://www.jerseyyards.org/
Sandra Levine Productions https://sandralevine.com/
Watch "Still Time for Joy" as a video podcast on YouTube @SandraLevineProd
