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Do you know how to swim?
Swimming – do you know how? Here we listen in as Ellen and Pam tell us their experience. I do. I mean, I couldn’t swim in the Olympics, can’t say I’ve ever done the breaststroke but I can take care of myself in a pool and if I need to, can swim to the other side. I grew up with a pool in my backyard and my mother would have to drag me in at night because I loved it so much. Something about being in the water – must be cell memory of the womb but it is so calming to me – I can feel the stress melting…
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Are there charities, organizations that you support?
Charities. Do you have some organizations or projects that you support / have supported? I have done a few different things over the years – hospice, children’s cancer research and children dealing with loss. Hospice – I was trained as a bedside volunteer. Once we were assigned a patient, we visited once a week and did whatever the patient wanted. Sometimes it was sitting there reading a book to them, or chatting or just being. Sometimes it was laundry. Sometimes it was sitting with the spouse. Either way, it was sacred work, an honor to be included in this very private time in their life. Children’s cancer research – I…
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Have you ever experienced Ageism, Racism or Sexism?
Racism – Noun [ rey-siz-uhm ]a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one’s own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others. Sexism _ Noun [ sek-siz-uhm ]attitudes or behavior based on traditional stereotypes of gender roles.discrimination or devaluation based on a person’s sex or gender, as in restricted job opportunities, especially such discrimination directed against women: Ageism – Noun [ ey-jiz-uhm ]discrimination against persons of a certain age group.a tendency to regard older persons as debilitated, unworthy of attention, or…
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Have you ever belonged to a book club?
Book clubs are many and varied in their form. Have you every belonged to one? Let’s see what Pam and Ellen have to say. I have belonged to several different book clubs over the years and am currently in one. They have all been different, some had only a few members, some have many more and all have morphed over the years to something different than when they started. I have to admit, I am not a diligent nor consistent book club attendee. Sometimes life gets in the way of my reading and I end up on the night of the meeting having to ask – “Can I still come? …