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Sent to email group from 4\/3\/20 to 4\/19\/20<\/strong>
\n     The Corona Virus comments started on March 15, 2020.  Thanks for your patience and help with all of this.  Liz Hottel Barret, Web Mistres<\/em>s (aka Liz Webfoot)<\/span><\/p>\n

4\/3\/20 — I just received this from John’s Hopkins and thought it was excellent, so I’m passing it on to all of you.  Hugs and love, Liz Webfoot<\/strong>. Further edit:  It turns out that the Hopkins article was not completely factual, so it must be taken with a grain of salt.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Subject:  <\/span><\/strong>John’s Hopkins info.  Read JHU Article<\/u><\/a>
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\n* Thank you, Liz!! Babbie Miller<\/strong><
\n* Very helpful, Liz. Thanks for sharing!  Kim<\/strong>
\n* Thanks Liz – I’m going to forward it to my kids and others.  xx Susan Griffen Meeker<\/strong>
\n*  Yes ! Thank you so much for sending that on- Rob found a site explaining some of how the virus work but this is a very comprehensive report \u2013 Amy<\/strong>
\n*  This has been going around and appears not to be legitimate. Beware of too many emails about covid19. Katherine Snelson<\/strong>
\n* Thank you Katherine!! Babbie Miller<\/strong>
\n* I know the claims, but I still think it is a thoughtful and helpful article.  I don’t know what is false, but much of it makes sense to me.<\/strong> Liz<\/strong>
\n* Thanks for sharing that article ! Nancy Desmond Cox(aka Desi)<\/strong>
\n* Folks a couple of weeks ago I received a Johns Hopkins email that told me if I hold my breath for 20 seconds in the morning I can be sure that means I do not have the virus. It told me many other things as well.  I sent it to various people including a friend who put it through a \u201cfact checker\u201c and reported that it was spam.   
\n<\/span>     I have not put this through a fact checker but I did go into my bathroom and check my bottle of Listerine. It credits 26.9% for alcohol.  It used to be higher but organizations like AA initiated a change in content! Long before I retired., Please take all the advice with a grain of salt. If you\u2019re a fact checker check this out.  
\n     And finally I admit that I hold my breath for 30 seconds every morning. So far I can do it; so far I do not have coronavirus.  May we all be safe but not overly dependent on advice that we find online.  Peace .Maggie\\Meg Moses\\Gat<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/12\/20 \u2013  Enjoy.  https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=huTUOek4LgU<\/a>  Judy (<\/strong>Kennedy)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Editor:  This was followed by many thanks from classmates Bonnie, Kim, Ines, Amy and Frannie; and then came this:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/13\/20 — Andrea Bocelli\u2019s concert was a highlight in our day yesterday! Jim and I are dealing with the Covid 19 – \u201cbeast. \u201c Daughter Nancy and her husband Scott are both hospitalized in Ct with Covid pneumonia. Neither are in ICU or on ventilators but both are very sick = high temps, profuse sweating, shortness of breath, extreme lethargy, loss of sense of taste. Scott is day 14 and feels that he\u2019s no longer feeling worse every day; Nancy\u2019s day 9 and miserable. I\u2019ve never felt so helpless…Were both well, living carefully in isolation here in our Vero Beach community.  Sherry Welles Urner<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/13\/20 —   Oh, Sherry. I am so terribly sorry to hear about your children.  The good news is that they will get better but it must be so hard for you to be unable to help.  My sister, Joan, is down in Vero Beach, also.  She is fine and I assume you are, too.  Blessings.  Marian <\/strong>(Strong Moore)<\/span><\/p>\n

4\/13\/20 — I am so sorry, Sherry, to read just now of your daughter and son-in-law’s having the virus. I can imagine how frustrating it is to feel so helpless in these circumstances. A close friend here has had a similar experience with her adult son, who has recovered completely – may the outcome be the same for Nancy and Scott.  With warm wishes, Sandy (Iger) Kohler<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/13\/20 —  Oh, Sherry.  How sad I am for you in Florida unable to visit your sick children.  I can’t imagine anything worse.  I’m glad your son is on his way up and send hopes that your daughter is close behind.  I am so isolated from everything here that I am jolted by personal stories.  We are getting so used to 24-hr news and updates about every aspect of this pandemic:  the structure of the virus, hospitals, doctors, workmen, unemployment, food delivery, cities, etc.  It becomes so much a part of our lives that when a friend becomes sick, it is an entirely different experience and really brings it home.  Know that you are in my thoughts and that I’m sending big hugs.  Liz<\/strong> (Hottel Barrett)  <\/span><\/p>\n

4\/13\/20 — Hi sherry, Pray that your daughter and husband come through this !  What community are you on in Vero Beach ?  Lots of Pa people there !  Bette <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/13\/20 — Sherry, So sorry to hear about your daughter and son in law. What a worrisome time and such a helpless feeling for you. To be in the hospital so long they must have been very sick. How hard on you. Hope they are getting better and can be home to recuperate soon. Please keep us posted and know that everyone is thinking about you. 
\n     Do you know when you will get back to NJ? Probably better to stay here for a while. We have received strong messages from our county in NW WI telling seasonal people to stay away, quarantine for 14 days if we do come back (no idea who would monitor that) and bring all our supplies with us. I\u2019m sure our FL license tags would be a dead giveaway anyway and most unwelcome.  Hugs, Barbara<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/13\/20 — Hi Sherry—Oh how awful that your kids are sick and you\u2019re in Fla!  I\u2019m so sorry. I wonder how it is to be locked down at Sea Oaks???  I guess no tennis and no bridge for you.  But long walks on that beautiful beach??  I hope so.  I send healing wishes to your children and much love to you and Jim\/Andy!! XOXOXO  Babbie Miller<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/13\/20 — Sherri: Being so far away surely heightens your concern for your daughter and son-in-law, Nancy and Scott.  Relieved that Scott is feeling a tad better and hope that Nancy will improve soon.  You and Jim are surrounded by our concern and are not alone in your waiting.  Cindy Dennett Yee<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/13\/20 — Sherry, I share all of the thoughts that have been sent about your daughter and son-in–law. Please know how worried we are for you and them. May they both have the strength to beat this virus.Wishing you the very best, Sue Wheatley Carr<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/13\/20 — We are all with you and your family, Sherry. Think of all the hands reaching out toward you from all over the country. See them??  What do we have in them?  Mine has a gorgeous pink hibiscus flower from the back yard.  Dottie <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/13\/20 — I also am saddened to hear that  your daughter and son-in-law are suffering from the virus, and am sending my best thoughts and wishes for their recovery your way.  It must be heartbreaking to have them suffering and be unable to be with them. Let them know all of MHC 61 is sending them light and hope. Dee Abrahamse<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/13\/20 — I am reaching out to you with prayers for your family’s quick recovery. Jennifer Seaver<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/13\/20 — Sherry – must have missed the original post but my thoughts are with you as well – If any help, my 21 year old granddaughter is recently recovered and out of quarantine after an illness which certainly looked and behaved like the virus – she works for Yale-New Haven Hospital (not in patient care), has reported that many of her colleagues have also been sick but due to lack of equipment could not be tested unless extremely sick – amy L<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/13\/20 — Sherry and Jim(Andy), We are all thinking of you!   Do they know how they were exposed?  Do you have grandchildren that have been affected too? All our best thoughts, Kim <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/13\/20 — Sherry, I also send healing energy to you and your family to help in the fight back to health. Carol Sweeney Benson<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/13\/20 — Sherri,  My thoughts and prayers are with you and your children..  I worry constantly about my kids in Brooklyn.  At times I live too far away and this is one of those times!  Meg Moses Gat<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/13\/20 — Sherry.  We all send love and hope for a speedy and sure recovery for your family.   Betsy Karch Wilson<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/14\/20 — Beaches here in Northeast Florida all closed – a little sad \u2013 amy<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/15\/20 — Thinking about your daughter and son -in-law and hope that they are coming through this.  Sending Love and prayers your way fondly and with a virtual hug, Bette<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/15\/20 —  I wrote you too, a while ago, Sherry but don\u2019t think you got it.  I hope your kids are doing better and better each day.  I\u2019m  thinking of all of you and wondering what it\u2019s like to be quarantined In Sea Oaks???  I know the kids are in CT.  It\u2019s a perfect day in CA today!  Sending lots of love,   Babbie<\/strong> XOOXOXOXO<\/span><\/p>\n

4\/15\/20 — Sending my hope for a speedy recovery for your daughter and son-in-law.  Let us all know when you get the good news.  <\/span>
\nCarol Spalding<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/12\/20 — Those memories of WWI were oh so interesting.  I’m also finding it interesting that the news of the coronavirus is at a virtual standstill in our emails.  Is it because we have all come to accept distancing and lock-down, and none of us are taking the chance of exposing ourselves?  When we’re just living at home or in a retirement community or wherever, there isn’t much to tell:  “Bryan and I played Scrabble again, with a slice of pie again, watched some more good films, …”  In other words, we’ve dug in!  How lucky I am.<\/span>
\n     We’ve read many analyses of the virus and what is yet to come.  I find myself rather closed-minded when someone suggests that we’ll be back to anything close to “normal” any time soon.  I’m so used to being away from people, I know I will feel threatened at the thought of starting to gather again — let alone give sadly-missed hugs.<\/span>
\n     The times they are a-changing, so what’s next?  Hugs to you all,<\/span>
\nLiz Webfoot<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/15\/20 — My problem is I don’t even know what to share. I have very few memories of world war two. Perhaps pulling down shades at night. My father was in an essential business, a manager at Remington Arms which the DuPont company had taken over. I remember “duck and cover”. But in my eighty years the world has either been pretty stable or I have been far from the people who were charged with keeping us safe. So for me now, this all feels pretty difficult. I feel an unease and unreality. I am living in a senior living community but we can not socialize at all and our meals are brought to our door. We get no other services any more. I do think we will not be back to normal for a long time. A friend wrote that she had just watched Clinton and Obama and it was so nice to see handsome and intelligent men on the television. I have to turn off the TV when the other “president” comes on.  I hope we all survive to see his final downfall – I hope he has a downfall. But that is all I can say.  Unsigned<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/15\/20 — Dear classmate, please say who you are??   I am so sorry you are isolated right now, though I\u2019m glad precautions are being taken. Where did you grow up?  Was So Hadley a far way for you to go?  I\u2019ve heard stories of long trips by train. It was a big adventure for us, wasn\u2019t it whether many miles or few. Remember the trunks we packed??  Did you know anyone?  Hope to hear more!!  <\/span>
\nDottie Smith Mann<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

4\/16\/20 — Thanks to whoever who wrote yesterday about their senior living community.  I’m truly sorry for those of you who are obviously disappointed in the living-together experience.  When there is the occasional mention of this pandemic lasting through 2021, I think it is incredibly difficult for all of us.  Each year older brings about a big change. I am getting very little exercise, and I realize that I need to get out and walk — instead of playing Scrabble, drinking tea, and eating pie (actually, this week it is blueberry tea cake).  Hugs — Liz WF<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/18\/2020 — Hi Everyone, Confined to quarters as we are, and repeating things day after day\u2026it\u2019s easy to become addicted. Elliott\u2019s and my addiction is having two chocolate chip cookies for dessert every night. The recipe makes approximately 32 cookies so they last about a week\u2026unless I give some away. It occurred to me as I was making a batch this morning, that if I were 4 or 5 years old, I would remember this process when I was 80, like remembering squeezing the margarine bag, long ago.
\n     If anyone is interested, the recipe comes from Baking Soda Bonanza<\/em> by Ciullo and the cookies are VERY good:  2 c flour; 1 c dark brown sugar; 1 \u00bc t baking soda, \u00bc t salt, \u00be stick of butter; \u00be c mayonnaise (yes, mayonnaise); 1 \u00bd c dark chocolate bits.  Preheat oven, 350. Blend flour, sugar, soda and salt. Melt butter and blend with mayonnaise. Combine flour mixture with butter mixture. Add chocolate bits. Scoop spoonful of batter onto greased cookie sheet or coated cookie sheet and shape into balls. Then flatten a little. Cook for 15 minutes. Become addicted.<\/span>
\n   And while I\u2019m at it\u2026if you can bear a serious book in the midst of a very serious pandemic, try Bill McKibbens\u2019, Falter<\/em>. His main theme is the future of the world, featuring Climate Change and Artificial Intelligence. It\u2019s discouraging but very informative.  Stay well.  Sue Wheatley Carr<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/18\/20 — Hey, Sue.  Not a math major – am I right?  Roomie<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/18\/20 —  Hi Sue, and all – thanks for  the recipe – Al and I have taken to having two cookies for dessert, too, but they’re store bought – I’ll try your recipe – I certainly have time to make them!  I’ve heard about the Bill McKibben book, but haven’t read it yet – this sounds like the time for it.  I’ve been trying new NYT recipes for dinner, as long as they’re simple – what is anyone else cooking?  
\nDee de Ferranti Abrahamse<\/span><\/p>\n

4\/18\/20 — That recipe does sound good and easy — and unexpected with the mayo. Something a grandchild would like with that secret ingredient!  I’ll try them too!  Though alas, not with her as I am in isolation and only see them from 6 feet away! My older granddaughter brought me a beautiful butternut squash from the garden at her school when it closed down and I had been looking at it sitting in my fridge for a long time.  Finally peeled it a couple of days ago and made myself some delicious mashed squash by cooking a couple of slices in the microwave.  Probably would have been even better roasted in the oven but I was too impatient.   Then last night I made a wonderful creamed squash soup (carrots, celery and onion cooked up in chicken broth, then all whirred together with cooked squash in the Cuisinart with some salt, pepper and some half and half!  (Not very dietetic – -I have gained 2 pounds since this quarantine started — but it was worth the calories!)   Cheers from afar!  Kim<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/18\/20 — Hi Sue. Oh, Nooo, not again . Please don\u2019t let us return to cookie making as a judge of our feminine skills!!!!  That and creative writing block are my two biggest inferiority complexes that have pursued me for 60 years!!! In fact, I tried to make an apple pie 2 days ago and had to take a sledge hammer to the 5 year old brown sugar for the topping. When done it was edible but sugar tasted like cardboard flakes and Henry thought so too.  I got to eat the whole thing!
\n     Anyway I am using my extraordinary ability to heat up soup and to open bags of salad and getting great praises for it!  Also doing a superb job of creating new things out of 4 and 5 year old frozen leftovers. Hope you are all managing to get fed. Keep safe and smiling .  <\/span>
\nChris Hollister Hila<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/18\/20 — Love your answer, Chris!  We are doing lots of bags of salad and takeout meals, too.   (no signature)<\/span><\/p>\n

4\/18\/20 — Just finished baking some chocolate chip cookies and I\u2019m now exhausted for the day!   Have also already eaten four of them for my late lunch.    They do have eggs in them.      Also just finished ordering food from the grocery store for them to bring out to our car.   Can sometimes be frustrating if you push the wrong button at the wrong time.   I just did that.  We can order form Costco and they will deliver, but we now have two years worth of olive oil, and a huge mayonnaise that will take up lots of space in my refrigerator when I have to open it. We finally got some toilet paper..now have enough for several months.   Had to sneak over to neighbors and give them back some, as we had been desperate!    Didn\u2019t want to get too close, although last night we did take a glass of wine up our little lane and stayed 12 feet apart and chatted a little\u2026with homemade masks on.    The sun was out and it was lovely!    Oh the things we cherish!    Best to all and stay safe!   Betsy Karch Wilson<\/strong>   <\/span><\/p>\n

4\/18\/20 —  Ohmigosh.  We are having choc chip cookies several times a day — and pumpkin\/cranberry\/nuts\/raisins bread, and peach pies and cakes, and oatmeal raisin cookies, and brownies.  We have tons of all of that in the freezer.  We have been really cooking, not just baking, and loving every bit of it.  I made 7 quarts of chicken soup<\/span> this morning (just for me), and we, too, are enjoying finding things in the freezer that have been there for years.  Chris, your mother’s apricot jam was a memory I’ll have forever, so I am shocked to hear you “dis” our cooking fun!  I mentioned Wheaties’ choc chip cookies with mayo to Bryan, and he had a tantrum.  “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!” he says to me.   Will someone please send me that choc chip cookie with mayo.  Kim, I’m embarrassed to mention how much weight I’ve gained.  In fact, now I don’t even want to know.  Betsy, we, too, are loving the delivery service, for us it is at Whole Foods via Amazon Prime.  Bryan doesn’t have to get out of the car – voila!  It’s so absolutely wonderful, and then we just leave anything that doesn’t need refrigeration on our counter for a full day before we put things away.  <\/span>
\n     If it weren’t for our president, this wouldn’t be so awfully bad.  I won the hat contest at our family zoom last week.  Son John calls it my “cononacornucopia”.  Cheers — Liz WF<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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4\/18\/20 — Great recipe , I have been cooking alot and will plan to try your cookie recipe.  FAlther by Bill McKibbens is startling in all it deals with.  He does feel that we are on the Brink?  Stay well everyone.  Bette<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/18\/20 — Remember Hillary Clinton talking about making cookies?         Jennifer Seaver <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/18\/20 — Yes Betsy, my Costco capers last about a year- you\u2019ve seen them in my frig. Will pick up first Publix online order tomorrow. New ways of doing old things. 
\n     Also just getting cookies out of oven. But oatmeal-craisin cookies are one big cookie sheet to be cut up into bars, if they last that long. 
\n     I\u2019ve set up patio as Akbar: rugs, chairs, pillows and David got the fountain going. Dick Wilson cleaned it out thank you Dick. Family and friends can enter thru gate and visit at good social distance. Dave reminds me that living alone isn\u2019t best way to get thru virus so this helps.   
\n     So does connecting with y\u2019all. Love Dottie Smith Mann <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/18\/20 — We\u2019re caught with our pants down as a country. As it were. All of the things that we weren\u2019t doing so well have become glaringly evident now. Now, as the COVID-19 turns on all the lights, opens all the doors, pulls up all the shades. The nursing homes weren\u2019t being regulated. Education for some was much less ready for home schooling than others. Housing. Protection from domestic violence. Protection in the workplace. Oh, and access to health care. <\/span>
\n     And, of course, readiness to fight the virus.  A federal government worthy of the name. Capable of leadership. Dedicated to the well-being of all its citizens. Ready to unite us, inspire us, ask the best of us, remind us of our finest hours as a nation. <\/span>
\n     There are many places where we can find such qualities, but not at the top. What we find instead is divisiveness, preening, confusion, name calling. There the wind blows around an abandoned office nobody home. Where is Harry Truman? He would\u2019ve been home to catch the buck when it stopped there.<\/span>
\n     We\u2019re running out of time to make it better. Come November it\u2019s put up or shut up time. I\u2019m getting ready. Just hope the virus doesn\u2019t get me first. Dottie Smith Mann <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/18\/20 — Dottie, 
\nDitto everything you said. Thanks for speaking for me so eloquently!
\nBarbara Hartt Hise<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/18\/20 — Hi Dottie   You know I totally agree, but you say it in such perfect language!   Thanks!    Betsy Karch Wilson <\/strong>  <\/span><\/p>\n

4\/18\/20 — Glad to, Barb. Hope to see you and Bill on your way north as soon as you can \u2014or the snow melts!!  Dottie Smith Mann <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/18\/20 –Bravo Dottie!  thank you for your very articulate observations \u2013 so what now? Diana Diggin<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/19\/20 — Get ready to work. And what money we can manage.  Right now the best thing I can do is stay home. Hard to do sometimes. But I don\u2019t want to be part of the problem. I\u2019ll find a way to be part of the solution. Do you remember that slogan?
\n     New Hampshire will probably go for Biden iI imagine? Maybe you could do phone work to reach shakier ground?  You\u2019re good at that!  Florida will be a real battle ground I imagine. Last time I housed workers and hope I can do it again.
\n     I\u2019m watching Stand by Me on tv. Touches me. Part of One World Together at Home.  Love Dottie<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/19\/20 — Good thoughts, Dottie.  In 2018 I got involved with a group canvassing for democrats in nearby Orange County – and we helped flip one of the four that went to Democrats. It was a good feeling, and fun. I nope our newly elected Democrats will be in good shape this election,  but would be glad to do some calling.   no name<\/span><\/p>\n

4\/19\/20 — Thanks, Dottie. Spot-on and beautifully put!  
\nBarbara (Williamson)Bucholtz<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/19\/20 — Dottie, I love what you said.  It is all so sad for those of us who want to feel proud of our country, who want people to get well as soon as possible, who enjoy this coming-together of many diverse people which is so beautiful to see.  Damn him!  xxx Liz Webfoot<\/strong> <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/18\/20 \u2013 From Judy Marshall Kennedy<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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4\/18\/20  Oops. ha!  Laughing too hard.  Cindy Dennett Yee<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/18\/20  That\u2019s hysterical!  Sue Wheatley Carr     <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/18\/20 — Oh, Judy.  That’s the best ever.  I just love that.  I’ve been looking for a good cartoon for the website.  It think this is it.  Thank you soooooo much for the guffaw.  We all need that.  I have to admit that there has been some pretty hilarious stuff circulating.  Hooray for a sense of humor and the ability to laugh at what we’re going through. Hugs,  Liz WebFoot.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/18\/20 — This is one of the very best – thanks, Judy!  A good laugh helps the day go by.  Carol Spalding B<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/18\/20 –This is HYSTERICAL.  Much better than dessert.  Liz T.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/18\/20 — Hi Everyone, Confined to quarters as we are, and repeating things day after day\u2026it\u2019s easy to become addicted. Elliott\u2019s and my addiction is having two chocolate chip cookies for dessert every night. The recipe makes approximately 32 cookies so they last about a week\u2026unless I give some away. It occurred to me as I was making a batch this morning, that if I were 4 or 5 years old, I would remember this process when I was 80, like remembering squeezing the margarine bag, long ago.
\n     If anyone is interested, the recipe comes from Baking Soda Bonanza<\/em> by Ciullo and the cookies are VERY good:  2 c flour; 1 c dark brown sugar; 1 \u00bc t baking soda, \u00bc t salt, \u00be stick of butter; \u00be c mayonnaise (yes, mayonnaise); 1 \u00bd c dark chocolate bits.  Preheat oven, 350. Blend flour, sugar, soda and salt. Melt butter and blend with mayonnaise. Combine flour mixture with butter mixture. Add chocolate bits. Scoop spoonful of batter onto greased cookie sheet or coated cookie sheet and shape into balls. Then flatten a little. Cook for 15 minutes. Become addicted.
\n     And while I\u2019m at it\u2026if you can bear a serious book in the midst of a very serious pandemic, try Bill McKibbens\u2019, Falter<\/em>. His main theme is the future of the world, featuring Climate Change and Artificial Intelligence. It\u2019s discouraging but very informative.  Stay well,  Sue Wheatley Carr<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/18\/20 — Great recipe , I have been cooking alot and will plan to try your cookie recipe.  Falther by Bill McKibbens is startling in all it deals with.  He does feel that we are on the Brink?  Stay well everyone.  Bette<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/18\/20 –Hey, Sue.  Not a math major – am I right?  Roomie<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/18\/20 –Hi Sue, and all – thanks for  the recipe – Al and I have taken to having two cookies for dessert, too, but they’re store bought – I’ll try your recipe – I certainly have time to make them!  I’ve heard about the Bill McKibben book, but haven’t read it yet – this sounds like the time for it.  I’ve been trying new NYT recipes for dinner, as long as they’re simple – what is anyone else cooking?  Dee de Ferranti Abrahamse<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/18\/20 —  That recipe does sound good and easy — and unexpected with the mayo. Something a grandchild would like with that secret ingredient!  I’ll try them too!  Though alas, not with her as I am in isolation and only see them from 6 feet away! My older granddaughter brought me a beautiful butternut squash from the garden at her school when it closed down and I had been looking at it sitting in my fridge for a long time.  Finally peeled it a couple of days ago and made myself some delicious mashed squash by cooking a couple of slices in the microwave.  Probably would have been even better roasted in the oven but I was too impatient.   Then last night I made a wonderful creamed squash soup (carrots, celery and onion cooked up in chicken broth, then all whirred together with cooked squash in the Cuisinart with some salt, pepper and some half and half!  (Not very dietetic – -I have gained 2 pounds since this quarantine started — but it was worth the calories!)  Cheers from afar!  Kim<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/18\/20 — Hi Sue. Oh, Nooo, not again . Please don\u2019t let us return to cookie making as a judge of our feminine skills!!!!  That and creative writing block are my two biggest inferiority complexes that have pursued me for 60 years!!! In fact, I tried to make an apple pie 2 days ago and had to take a sledge hammer to the 5 year old brown sugar for the topping. When done it was edible but sugar tasted like cardboard flakes and Henry thought so too.  I got to eat the whole thing!<\/span>
\n   Anyway I am using my extraordinary ability to heat up soup and to open bags of salad and getting great praises for it!  Also doing a superb job of creating new things out of 4 and 5 year old frozen leftovers. Hope you are all managing to get fed. Keep safe and smiling . Chris Hollister Hila<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/18\/20 — Just finished baking some chocolate chip cookies and I\u2019m now exhausted for the day!  Have also already eaten four of them for my late lunch.  They do have eggs in them.  Also just finished ordering food from the grocery store for them to bring out to our car.  Can sometimes be frustrating if you push the wrong button at the wrong time.   I just did that.  We can order from Costco and they will deliver, but we now have two years worth of olive oil, and a huge mayonnaise that will take up lots of space in my refrigerator when I have to open it. We finally got some toilet paper, now have enough for several months.   Had to sneak over to neighbors and give them back some, as we had been desperate!    Didn\u2019t want to get too close, although last night we did take a glass of wine up our little lane and stayed 12 feet apart and chatted a little\u2026with homemade masks on.    The sun was out and it was lovely!    Oh the things we cherish!    Best to all and stay safe!   Betsy Karch Wilson<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/18\/20 — Remember Hillary Clinton talking about making cookies? Jennifer Seaver<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

4\/18\/20 — Yes Betsy, my Costco capers last about a year- you\u2019ve seen them in my frig. Will pick up first Publix online order tomorrow. New ways of doing old things. 
\n     Also just getting cookies out of oven. But oatmeal-craisin cookies are one big cookie sheet to be cut up into bars, if they last that long.
\nI\u2019ve set up patio as Akbar: rugs, chairs, pillows and David got the fountain going. Dick Wilson cleaned it out thank you Dick. Family and friends can enter thru gate and visit at good social distance. Dave reminds me that living alone isn\u2019t best way to get thru virus so this helps.  So does connecting with y\u2019all. Love Dottie Smith Mann<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

4\/18\/20 — I am happy to tell you that our daughter Nancy, diagnosed and hospitalized with Covid pneumonia. Is \u201cout of the woods\u201d and recovering In isolation, at home. She was in the hospital for 6 miserable days, no icu or ventilator and lots of meds, labs and monitoring. Her husband was also in hospital with pneumonia; he\u2019s home, too, after 3 days of hospitalization. College senior granddaughter is running the household !(So lots of \u201cto go\u201dpizza ;  no chocolate chip homemade cookies!)<\/span>
\n     Your caring words, prayers and sympathy meant so much to me. Thank you for  your support and kindness.  Sherry Welles Urner<\/strong>  <\/span>                     <\/span><\/p>\n

4\/18\/20 — Hurray for Nancy and husband!!!  Great news Sherry!!  PHEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Lots of love, Babbie<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

HOORAY FROM ALL OF US!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

4\/18\/20 — Sherry, So happy to hear that your daughter and her husband are out of the hospital and on the road to recovery. Hope to hear that their recovery continues to go smoothly.  
\nBarbara Hartt Hise<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/18\/20 — Thank God for this good news.  <\/strong>Jennifer<\/strong> Seaver<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/18\/20 — Dear Sherry, Happy news!!! Thank heaven. Sue Wheatley Carr<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/18\/20 — Wonderful news, Sherry!  You must be so relieved!  Best wishes!  Kim<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/18\/20 — Sherry, So glad to hear this good news!  Prayers answered. Carol SB<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/18\/20 — It’s wonderful to hear your good news – I hope they both have a good and swift recovery – and congratulations to your granddaughter for running the household.  Fondly, Dee de Ferranti Abrahamse<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/18\/20 — Wonderfully good news, Sherry!  Cindy Dennett Yee<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/18\/20 — Such wonderful to hear your good news Sherry!   It must be so hard to have your daughter and her husband  sick and not be able to see them.    Soon, hopefully!    Wish they would get those tests soon to tell if they are no longer carrying the virus.   Know lots of labs are trying.   It is good to have them home, anyway.   Best to your whole family    Betsy Karch Wilson<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/18\/20 — This is truly good news, Sherry. I’m so glad to hear it.  Warmly,  Sandy (Iger Kohler<\/strong>)<\/span><\/p>\n

4\/19\/20 — and then more good news wishes from Bette, Barbara (Williamson) Bucholtz, Marian, Judy Marshall Kennedy, Carol Sweeney Benson,  Frannie Blair, Rocki Hill Hughes<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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