Christmas Cheer

We spread some Christmas Cheer today. I met Jerome at his home and asked him what would be most helpful to him. His car is not working and he needed food, but doesn't have the strength to walk to the Market 32 supermarket which is near his place and lug home bags of groceries uphill. So i drove him to the store, gave him some $$ and he went in and did some shopping and I drove him back home. This was very helpful to him. Ellen also had made a little plate of cookies for him. He was very grateful! I came home, we had a bite to eat, and then Ellen and I went to two nursing homes and did a sing for the residents: Bradley House and Holton Memorial Home. This was organized by Robin Davis, whose dad is in Bradley House. It was a small group led by Mary Cay Brass and Andy Davis, and in adddition to Mary Cay, Andy, Robin, Ellen and myself, included Tom Goldschmidt, Beth Spicer, and probably a couple of others. I (of course) did not remember to bring my phone, so I got no photos :( . Too bad, because we were in some interesting spaces.At Bradley House, we had to check in, have our temp. taken and be fully vaccinated. We wore masks while we sang. None of the residents were wearing masks, however. At Holton, they knew we had been checked out at Bradley, so it was simpler. But we did wear masks throughout. Our repertoire was drawn from the pieces we had learned for our December 14th Christmas sing with River SIngers. At Bradley we sang in the dining room; at Holton, we were in a special activiies room. I would guess maybe fifteen residents attended at Bradley, and about a dozen at Holton. Everyone was very appreciative. So this was a special day. When we got home, I did Centering Prayer on Zoom while Ellen did some errands. This evening, J.E. called from Salem, OR and did Facetime with Ellen, and now Ellen is at the Hannaford's market delivering some cookies to a store manager who has been particularly kind to her. A good day!

Bradley House

Holton Home