If you stay positive in a negative situation, you win and that’s exactly what we are doing at Prairie Pointe. Sure, we miss our family and friends and the ability to go and come as we please. We miss having Maxine Kalka come over for day visits, we miss Joe Bill and his donuts, we miss James Bond for Bible Study and all the different churches who faithfully came each Sunday. We miss the Hand and Foot Club ladies and the Book Club meetings. We miss our huddled little groups playing dominoes or watching a movie. We miss sharing a meal with someone closer than 6 feet. We miss being able to give and receive hugs. We hate wearing masks. It’s hard to breathe and when a mask is worn properly, our glasses tend to fog up. But we understand why we are taking these precautions and will continue to do so for the health and safety of everyone at Prairie Pointe. We haven’t been flu free for 4 winters without having a healthy respect for germs.
Bret Graham was scheduled to be here in March. Due to COVID-19, that didn’t happen. However, we are getting the next best thing—Bret Graham live via Facebook. Bret will be joining us at 6:00 PM tonight and everyone is thrilled, not the least of whom is his mom, Beverley.
Thanks to the coronavirus, Janell Kinnamon (Changes Salon) has had several weeks at home. As her next door neighbor, I can attest to the fact she has hand-groomed every inch of her yard and has now started on the inside. Prairie Pointe is the recipient of a huge box of art supplies she cleaned out of a closet. It is a treasure trove of how to paint and draw books along with all sorts of adult coloring books, sketch paper, artist canvas, paints, brushes, colored pencils and pastel chalk. Thank you, Janell!
Raquel LeMaster is a huge believer that necessity if the mother of invention. In that spirit she has come up with the idea of Tic-Tac-Toe Tuesdays. She and some recruits plan to visit Prairie Pointe on Tuesdays and play tic-tac-tow on our window glass with a player on each side. How creative and how fun!
We finished up reading the book “Mostly Mama” by Lewis Meyer and have started “Land of Enchantment” by Marian Russell. It’s a memoir that tells of the human side of life on and along the Sante Fe Trail beginning in 1851— the wild terror of Indian warfare, range, land and mining wars; vigilantes; outlaws, cheap life and quick death; disastrous winters and prolonged summer droughts. This book comes from the library of resident Alton McCune.
Hellen (Hemphill) Horton has been released from her 14-day quarantine as a new member of the Prairie Pointe family. Hellen actually moved in 2 weeks ago but has been quarantined in her room since. Today, she was joined by her little dog Lucy and is now out and about the community, in her mask of course. Hellen, previously of Tulsa, is the sister of Vivian Henshaw (and Leon) and Alta Skinner, all of Stroud. Hellen graduated high school in Acorn, Arkansas. She married the love of her life, T.J. Horton, who spent his entire career with the railroad. T. J. had grown up on a ranch and he and Hellen loved horses. After positions with the railroad in Tucumcari and El Paso, the couple retired to Amarillo, TX where they joined a travel club and toured the country in their Airstream motor home.
Welcome Hellen and “Woosie” too!