{"id":4493,"date":"2020-10-25T16:26:37","date_gmt":"2020-10-25T20:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/?page_id=4493"},"modified":"2021-02-04T15:31:39","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T20:31:39","slug":"part-4-apr-19-30-20","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/part-4-apr-19-30-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Part 4: Apr 19 – 30, ’20"},"content":{"rendered":"

April 19 to April 30.<\/strong>  (Note, sometimes it is hard to keep in real chronological order because there are times when a response is not immediate and therefore in the midst of a new conversation.  So have patience, friends.)<\/i><\/p>\n

4\/19\/20 — NYT today has lead article on GOP strategy, blaming China. If I were a cartoonist, I would show Donald caught in the act of raiding the cookie jar. He is looking up waving his arms at an imaginary other and saying \u201c I didn\u2019t do it, he did!\u201d  No, better. There is a broken precious vase. Mother is scowling at him in accusing way and he is saying the above. 
\n     Mother is us, all the citizens charged with running a democracy. He is our offspring, hard as that is to accept. We are the grownups and it is our job to remove him.  Love Dottie <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/19\/20 — I read that article. Your take on it is visual and perfect. Barbara HH<\/span><\/p>\n

4\/20\/20  I recall making chocolate cakes made with canned tomato sauce in a Dutch oven on top of a 2-burner stove when I was a Peace Corps volunteer in Iran during the 1960’s but I’ve never read a recipe for cookies made with mayonnaise until now.  Jennifer Bagster-Collins Seaver<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/20\/20 — The recipe I have found sea tomato soup- will search for it as lemon bread is getting old, generally do not bake at all – amy<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4\/20\/20 —  Hi Friends,  Sherry, Thank you for the wonderful news about your family members. It gives hope to others all over the world and in our small group to face this frightening foe. My sister-in-law is also currently fighting the disease in a senior facility in Needham Mass. The lack of communication is frustrating.
\n      Feeling helpless like most everyone, I am trying to make a small difference by fighting with ” a trickle-up\u201d strategy. (somewhat inspired by Nancy Dingwall Pratt\u2019s work) . When I find hints of a problem I use my phone and look for LOCAL help. Examples:
\n1.<\/strong> PPE. Somehow a week before it became a national issue I followed a hint from my healthcare son and started looking for re-usable (can be sterilized) P95 certified masks (used in construction and painting). I managed to get a local supplier interested and let him go from there. I also got my local State senator\u2019s office interested.
\n2.<\/strong> Cloth masks : When my daughter-in-law (Rheumatologist) refused to wear her precious mask to work because her 13 employees (nurses, receptionists etc) didn’t have any, I contacted a local quilting group and they produced a supply . We also designed a new model which allows insertion of a filter into the cloth mask ( coffee filters).
\n3.<\/strong> Last week a friend who works in the Memory unit of a local nursing home alerted me to the secretive practices surrounding the protection of workers and the reporting of problems. I just found and contacted the local Ombudsman and she took the problems to the state Ombudsman and major action is now happening. (I was able to keep the source anonymous ).
\n     At least it makes ME feel good to THINK that I am helping. Maybe we could all try \u201ctrickle up\u201d.  Please keep well. Chris Hollister Hila<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n