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THE MIRROR June 2021 Page
Volume 60 June 2021
Community Conversations on May 13, 2021
T he Frasier management team presented a
fact-packed hybrid meeting. Marking
the easing of pandemic restrictions, they now
about Frasier health care services and how to
access them remain to be answered.
can meet in their offices. Management con- Although the North Fork has temporarily
siders reclaiming 2nd Floor East entirely for closed owing to departure of several cooks,
apartments. Moving to Canyons Center base- five new cooks have now been hired. Once
ment will be Community Life, Frasier Care, trained, they will serve the North Fork when
Dining Services, and Hospitality. The Clinic it opens later in June. The just-created “Pot
will move into the current administrative of- Shoppe” for gardeners – a space graced with
fice space. Accounting will stay put. The wall murals by resident artists Meelen Rus-
ground level of Central will house the new sell, Kay Forsythe, and Jane Crabtree -- will
Music Room, the Art Room, Woodshop, open in early June. Led by Anne Bliss, resi-
Brewery, Clothes Closet, and Surplus and dents are creating a pollinator garden on the
Furniture Stores. Residents will give input to west side that will tie into a broader city
the planning for these changes. The new plan.
Wellness satellite near the North Community
Room will open soon. To the delight of Prairies residents, Jeff
Puckett announced that Frasier and Groove
Michelle McParland is working with the new will provide cable to every apartment in Prai-
Health Care Team to clarify Summit Health ries beginning June 7. Although Prairies was
Care policies and procedures, and those for built with fiberoptic cable, this did not pro-
FrasierCare, and health services in general at vide DVR services. The cost of the upgrade
Frasier. A factsheet is under preparation. will approximate $300,000. Each apartment
will receive a larger cable box. The channels
When making an emergency call to 911, we provided will be identical to those in Peaks,
do not need to dial 9. Our phone system will with full DVR. Subsidies offered in the past
automatically route any 911 call to the emer- will no longer be provided once the DVR ser-
gency call center. A Frasier staff person is on vices are in place.
call for emergencies 24/7. Many questions
Barbara Farhar
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Chat with a Doc The Future of the
COVID Pandemic
N ew ideas for good old fashioned arthritis,”
Mickey Greenberg’s term, was the main
topic of Kaiser family doctor Scott Clemensen’s O n May 18 resident Curt Eshelman gave a
talk on the state of the COVID-19 pan-
demic and his predictions of its future course.
chat this month. He also mentioned COVID- His recurring point is that things are getting
19. better, but it's not over yet, and it's premature
to discontinue all precautions.
Almost everyone over 45 has the effects of wear
and tear on their weight-bearing joints. The He believes we are well positioned to cope with
main two types of arthritis are osteoarthritis the inevitable viral variants. With mRNA vac-
cines, a new version can be created and tested
and rheumatoidarthritis, which is more severe. in two months. It is unlikely that a new vari-
In rheumatoid the immune system attacks its ant will force us to start all over again,
own body, causing bright red, severely swollen although the possible effect could be large. In
joints. It is diagnosed by testing for antibodies. an aside, he noted that mutations are extremely
common, but most of them have no effect or
Treatment begins with physical therapy to are harmful to the mutant. By "variant" we
strengthen joint support structures, such as the mean a mutated form of the virus that sur-
rotator cuff. Tylenol is safe, with a maximum vives, is successful at spreading and competing
dose of three grams, six extra strength 500 mg against other variants, and becomes medically
tablets daily, starting with 1,000 mg. in the significant. Contagion and lethality could vary
morning. Next he recommends Non Steroidal greatly.
Anti-Inflamatory Drugs, which work faster Curt offered some predictions of the future
than Tylenol, but are a “step up” in risk with course of the pandemic. By the end of June he
kidney problems, heartburn, stomach problems expects the daily US rate of new cases to de-
or with blood thinners. Voltaren gel is an ef- cline to about 3,500, or 1 per 100,000 people,
fective topical salve. Turmeric is “safe to try.” and deaths to about 300. The regional distribu-
Parafin “baths" provide soothing casts for tion will be uneven, with local eruptions con-
tinuing, perhaps forever, but relatively few cas-
hands. He recommends three acupuncture es elsewhere. Later in the summer, people will
treatments, to see if it works. Cortisone shots in feel more comfortable in public and mask use
large joints like knees and hips are given with will be rare. He predicts that vaccination will
a numbing medication. The patient can leave become available down to age 2, and there will
the office without pain, but the numbness be back-to-school vaccination drives. Into fall
wears off and patients may need to rest a few and winter, 2-year-olds will be vaccinated.
days. Relief can last up to four months and Overall, the situation will be quiet, but local
postpones replacement surgery, which requires outbreaks will continue. Traditional public
physical therapy after, especially in the knees. health measures will be used to contain them,
with masking, distancing and local vaccination
In discussing COVID-19 Dr. Clemensen sug- campaigns.
gested that we not hesitate to ask directly if For the long term, variants will continue to
someone is vaccinated and continue frequently appear as long as the virus is circulating any-
washing our hands and distancing. where in the world. Curt expects that boosters
will be needed, possibly annually, at least for
Judy Smythe higher risk groups.
Jeff Grove
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by Tomás Mendez It is virtually impossible for me to attend every
Vice President - meeting. Otherwise, various department heads
represent Frasier on these committees. The
Operations staff side of operations is providing support
and leadership to all departments. Different
departments need different things, but regard-
A Day in the Life of the VP of Ops less of the issue, I meet with department heads
M any of you have asked what I do, exactly,
at Frasier, so I will outline my responsi-
bilities. As my job title indicates, I am in oper-
weekly, or more often if needed.
And then of course the catch-all administra-
ations. This is broad and covers Dining, Facili- tive side of things includes general Frasier
ties, Housekeeping, Community Life, Wellness projects, Board of Trustees, Executive Team
Center, Hospitality, and the Spiritual/ leadership, general marketing and philanthro-
Chaplaincy department. Seven departments re- py coordination, interdisciplinary clinical
port to me: Nicole Barabas (Wellness Center), team, budgeting and fiscal planning, feedback
Jonah Cox (Dining), Corey Dragge (Facilities), email support, and strategic planning. From
Travis Weed (Housekeeping), Angie Twist time to time family interactions open up an-
(Hospitality), Molly Briggs (Community Life), other dimension of administration.
and Spiritual Life (Karen Howe and Kelsey
Hill). I report to Tim Johnson, CEO and Presi- I know I am forgetting some things but there
dent of Frasier. is never a dull moment. Most of these responsi-
bilities are fun, exciting, challenging, and in-
One of the most exciting parts of the position is volve working with residents, the leadership
its diversity. Rarely do I experience similar team, and the executive team. The glue that
days. It is very rewarding as every day I have an helps cement all these things: relationships.
opportunity to make a difference in the commu- What makes this position at Frasier unique
nity and make things better for residents and and interesting, is the staff and resident rela-
staff. tionships. Although “operations” dominates the
day-to-day work, relationships determine suc-
There are two major components of the posi- cess, and passion determines happiness.
tion: residents and with the staff interactions.
The resident side of things is quite broad. In
general I work with the Resident Council,
joined neighborhoods, and the various commit-
tees including the dining, wellness, public are-
as, spiritual life, buildings and grounds, tech-
nology, and resident relations committees. I al-
so interact with multiple resident groups like
the gardeners, and bikers, and with issues relat-
ed to the woodshop, furniture store, surplus
store, clothing closet, dementia support, and
with many other smaller groups that need sup-
port.
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What’s That Heavenly Stop, Look, Listen
Perfume?
W hen you are walking around the pond,
T he aroma of showy milkweeds can stop you stop, look and listen for the yellow war-
in your tracks. Look closely at the intri- bler. It makes up for its small size (5 inches)
cate arrangement of flowerets that form a glori- with its in-your-face bright yellow plum-
ous pink umbel. It usually starts blooming in age. Both male
June in moist and female have
areas around unmarked faces
Boulder. A that accent their
few patches big, black
flourish eyes. Males have
around reddish streak-
Thunderbird ing on the un-
Lake, and derside; and fe-
“Frasier’s males, while all
Pollinator Pals” are planting seeds hoping to yellow, are not
get it started closer to home. as sunshine
bright as the
Monarch butterflies lay eggs only on this plant. males. Males
The caterpillars then incorporate toxins in the sing a rather
milky sap to make themselves unpalatable to high, sweet se-
predators. Milkweeds also attract such colorful ries of six to ten whistled notes that those with
imaginations hear as “sweet sweet sweet I’m so
sweet.” Check for them perched near the tops of
tall shrubs looking for insects to devour.
Western meadowlarks are another wonderful
songbird. We are not likely to see or hear them
around Frasier as they prefer the wide open
spaces of grasslands and agricultural fields.
When you are driving in rural areas, roll down
the car windows and listen for their surround-
sound whistles followed by a descending series
of liquid warbles. Look for them on utility
critters as lygus bugs, milkweed bugs, crab spi- wires, fence posts, treetops, and even perched
ders, and soldier beetles. on the dry stalks of last year’s mullein or on
the ground where they forage. Don’t let spring
In autumn, the seed pods open to reveal a mass go by without looking and listening for these
of silky filaments, called the coma, that are at- lovely songsters.
tached to the seeds and help them fly away.
Wafting these parachutes into the wind is a Bev Postmus
great stress reducer!
Carol Cushman
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Musings
by Anne Bliss THE MIRROR Monthly news of Frasier
Meadows Retirement Community, is pub-
lished by residents to provide in-house news
Set wide the window. Let me drink the day. and general information for current and fu-
ture residents.
I n 1902, Edith Wharton published her poem,
Vesalius in Zante (1564), in the North Amer-
ican Review, about the Flemish Andries van Publisher John Harris
Wesel, whose Latinized name was Andreas Ve- Assoc. Publisher Heinz Damberger
salius. An anatomist, he studied in Paris and Co-Editors: Jo Ann Joselyn
became the University of Padua chair of sur- Nancy Herzog Nancy Tilly
gery. Author of the first anatomy book, The
Reporters:
Structure of the Human Body (1543), he became
Louise Bradley Kevin Bunnell
court physician for King Charles V and later his
son, Philip II of Spain. Vesalius’s book caused
Janet Chu Heinz Damberger
problems in the Catholic Church, and resulted Jeff Grove Alex Herzog
in a banning of corpse dissection, the burning of Janet Klemperer Bev Postmus
his writings, and a banning of scientific re- Marion Ramirez Bill Rawsky
search by the Inquisition. Marc Sobel Judy Smythe
Susan Thomas Nancy Tilly
Wharton, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, Columnists:
did so in Literature in 1921 with The Age of In- Anne Bliss Barbara Farhar
nocence. Although Wharton mostly drew on up- Tomás Mendez
per class New York society for inspiration, she
has been highly praised for historical poetry. Photographers:
Her poem about Vesalius, opening with “Set Peter Dawson Alex Herzog
wide…” is a biography of the physiologist who Bill Jones John Tracy
was once accused of dissecting a live woman. Bill Rawsky Nurit Wolf
Vesalius, initially eager to “drink the day”, later Proofreaders:
exclaims, “knowledge comes, no matter how it Heinz Damberger Nancy Herzog
comes!” but realizes “There are two ways of Janet Klemperer Nancy Tilly
spreading light; to be the candle, or the mirror Printing & Distribution:
that reflects it.” Wharton describes discovering Ken Garry
and passing on knowledge, but also reflecting
the enlightenment of others. With that recogni-
tion, Vesalius turns to the window, darkness, Address email correspondence to:
and dies. Mirror@FrasierMeadows.org
Address mail to: Mirror at 350 Ponca Place,
Turn me in my bed. Boulder, Colorado 80303
The window darkens as the hours swing round;
But yonder, look, the other casement glows! THE MIRROR staff will meet at 2:00 p.m.
Let me face westward as my sun goes down. on Monday, June 7th in the Canyons Center to
https://public.wsu.edu/~campbelld/wharton/ plan the July / August 2021 issue.
whartpoe2.htm
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Sex and Scenery Archaeology of a Mayan
Commoners' Village
I n the lowlands immediately east of the Pe-
ruvian Andes, the jungles, and rivers mean-
der, and their native inhabitants live in a O n May 11, the Lyceum series presented a
talk by Payson Sheets, an American ar-
world few of us have ever experienced. Dr. chaeologist, Mayanist, and Professor Emeritus
Warren Hern, on April 27 as our first “live” of Anthropology at CU Boulder. He has exten-
Lyceum speaker in more than a year, began his sively studied Mayan civilization at Joya de
studies of the isolated and indigenous Shipibo Cerén in El Salvador. Before the discovery of
peoples of that area in 1964 as a third-year this site in 1978, most Mayan archaeology fo-
medical student with a strong secondary inter- cused on large, upper class sites. Cerén provided
est in anthropology. His medical skills helped early insight into the life of Mayan common
quell a smallpox outbreak and he became an people.
adopted “son” of the Shipibo. He then under- This small
took a 50-year long ethnographic study of the village was
Shipibo people, visiting at 5-year intervals, as buried and
the outside world gradually invaded their sus- preserved un-
tainable existence. der volcanic
One issue, at the core of his Ph.D. studies, was ash around
the question of why they had not expanded the year 660
their population for the several previous mil- and is known
lennia of their existence. His critical discovery as the Pom-
was that polygyny, a culture where males can peii of North
have multiple wives, was central to their popu- America. No
lation control. Individual wives would space human remains were found, indicating that
their children out over several years. This the people had enough warning of the eruption
changed with the arrival of missionaries who to run out of the village. The village contained
disapproved of polygyny. As a result, children three households, each with a dwelling, gar-
for individual wives came every one or two den, and a few fruit trees. One house was occu-
years, and the population mushroomed. Our pied by a shaman, and contained a special
“western” culture was counterproductive in the building for religious and divination purposes.
years before contraceptives! In addition to describing the archaeology of
In addition to ethnographics, Warren is a su- the village, Dr. Sheets discussed the personal
perb photographer. He showed us not only the context of this work, including relations with
fine photographs of the Shipibo people, their his team, local people and the local geography.
homes and activities, but also gaves us a real Jeff Grove
sense of their surroundings. Aerial photos
showed the vastness of the jungles and the com-
plexity of the system of meandering rivers. We
saw the diversity of the jungle plants from the birds, beautiful pumas, and shy primates
perspective of dugout canoes before clear cuts (other than humans). Much of that plant and
had destroyed them. We saw superb photos of animal diversity is disappearing because of hu-
the richness of the animal life, from insects man exploitation. We have created a monster.
through exotic fish, to alligators, colorful Pete Palmer
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An Eye on the Wellness Center News
Resident Council
S pring at Frasier means biking and hiking
A pril was a busy time for resident involve- for some residents. The first Frasier bike
ment in community affairs because the outing took place on May 5 with some 10 par-
administration’s proposed budget called for a ticipants who
5% increase in monthly fees. With a great deal rode about 12
of concern by Prairies and Peaks residents, the miles. While
Trustees agreed to a ten-day delay in a vote on our very first
the budget. A Town Hall, to which all residents “hikers” hik-
were invited, took place with John Frisbie, ing trip was
Treasurer of the Trustees, and Nikki Lewis, rained out, it
Administrative Chief Financial Officer, on was resched-
hand to listen to comments and respond to uled and took place on May 6. This group
questions. It cleared the air but didn’t change hiked about three miles on the South and
the proposed budget. North Shanahan Ridge trails including the
connector.
Among usual business and notices at the April
Resident Council meeting, a new standing com- Both nature hikes were a great success. The
mittee, the Musical Arts Committee, was an- longer hike was at Sawhill Ponds where the
nounced; Bill Wood, the leader of the commit- group was treated to a great display of white
tee spoke briefly about its goals. The president pelican and a pair of osprey that have a plat-
of the council announced that nominations for form nest near the trail. Hikers on the shorter
next year’s Executive Committee officers would nature hike on Bobolink Trail counted Cab-
be presented at the May meeting in which fur- bage White butterflies and saw a good variety
ther nominations from the floor could be enter- of bird species. A few of the participants were
tained for the final vote at the June meeting. fortunate enough to see a bobcat walking on
the far side of South Boulder Creek. Three
A motion to transfer $500 from Community hikes are scheduled for both May and
Life to the newly established Plant Potting June. Interested residents sign up and then a
Room was approved, as was a motion to ask the lottery system is used as the trips are limited
management to present quarterly financial re- to ten participants.
ports to the residents every year; V.P. Tomás
Mendez, agreed to do so. A motion to turn the Plans are in progress to form a Bocce Ball
bocce ball court into a flower bed was dis- group with residents organizing activities sim-
cussed, and Arthur Nozak was invited by the ilar to the way the hiking and biking groups
Council to speak in its favor. After discussion operate.
the motion was defeated.
Bev Postmus
Betty O’Brien, leader of the Spiritual Life
Committee, outlined its duties and upcoming
events. CEO Tim Johnson’s report focused on
misinformation about turning the Mountain
Vista Room into an apartment and requested The Council proceedings can be accessed on
residents check with administration when Touchtown for those who wish to learn more.
something doesn’t seem right. Jim Wolf
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The History Room
O n the third floor of Peaks Central there is
a small room hidden away: the History
Room. It contains many file cabinets and is the
In Loving
Frasier archive center. Twelve file drawers
contain hanging folders for every person who
Memory
has lived at Frasier, with a copy of their mini-
biography as a minimum. Some folders have
letters to the editor, poetry or essays written by Ann Moore
the person, or memorial service copies and obi- Born . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 29, 1929
tuaries. Entered FMR.C. . . Dec. 19, 2006
Other files contain two copies of every mini-bio Died . . . . . . . . .. . April 23, 2021
volume ever printed, and there is space for a
complete collection of Mirror issues. Pete Betty Baal
Palmer and Janet Klemperer are inventorying Born . . . . . . . . . . . April 9, 1933
the collection, which we hope to finish soon. Entered FMR.C. . Sep. 1, 2018
Other files have minutes of Resident Council Died . . . . . . . . . . . May 9, 2021
meetings (which need to be organized) and var-
ious collections of administrative documents
that will be taken for storage somewhere else.
There are various items of Frasier history – Congratulations Graduates!
photo albums, large and small photographs, Frasier Dining employs lots of students be-
and some paintings of our buildings at differ- cause we offer great part-time flexibility and
ent times in our history. It would be nice to entry level opportunity for kids. Here are the
have a place to display some of these for the names of the staff members who graduated
public, along with the collection of things put this spring. Congratulations!
together by Bev Carrigan for Frasier’s 60th an-
niversary celebration. There is lots of work in Summit HCC:
ahead! Geraldine Albornoz, Benjamin Bilbrey, Lola
D'Onofrio, Perla Del Villar, Finella Guy, So-
Janet Klemperer fia Nunez, Madison Vincent, Isabella Varga
in Meadows Assisted Living:
Alex Karplus, Jonah Kelley, Jimmy Gruber,
Emma Grace Cromwell, Caleb Evanson.
in Independent Living:
Clarissa Lopez, Caroline Hoffman, Elli
Humphrey, Grace Long, Marie Priester, Nate
Allen, Ruby Brown, Haven Wisner, Quin
Hirschland, Veronica Keith, Ann Russell, JT
Harland, Raul Portillo, Kobie Wetterings,
Loren Ortiz, Adam MacArthur, and Kelsey
Gilliam (from college).
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Tim Dreessen Meets
with Frasier Residents
T im Dreessen, “TD”, Director of Construc-
tion, spoke in a Zoom meeting with Frasi-
er Residents. TD is
known to many Prairies
Residents because he
acted as Owner’s Repre-
A large crowd attended the May 19 Dining
Forum, the first of those monthly meet-
ings since Frasier’s quarantine began. It is a
sentative for the Frasier chance for residents to meet with the four din-
Meadows Master Plan, ing directors and managers, to hear news up-
which included the dates and for comments and questions. Our
Prairies buildings. As North Fork dining room has been closed be-
Owner's Representative, cause of a staffing shortage; we heard that new
TD dealt with all the staff is being trained to fill those positions.
major parties involved Mid-June is the target for the restaurant to
in the project, including design, construction, reopen.
the many IT sub-projects, various City of Boul-
der departments, and even furniture selection. The special dinners for May were the first-
Double-majoring in business and real estate ever meal for pairings of beers with the menu
construction management, he has worked on – two very successful events. Sunday meal ser-
many different construction development pro- vice has changed, with a brunch buffet availa-
jects. ble in South Fork from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and
In his job interview with Frasier he learned he no meal service on Sunday evenings. Residents
would be Owner's Representative for a new can take out food in our green plastic boxes, to
apartment building, a new restaurant, exten- eat in our apartments – or outside for a picnic
sive office space remodeling, a pool, and a new in good weather. By mid-June the plan is to
workout area. TD felt like this was the job he have a buffet available for all three meals
had been preparing for his whole life. (except for Sundays), and that will provide
good take-out opportunities, too.
When he joined, he chose TD as a nickname
because there were already two Tims at Frasi- Frasier’s in-house information system, Touch-
er.
Town, has been improved to provide updates to
With Prairies completed, TD shifted to man- dining menus, and to help us keep track of
aging any construction project over $5000, like week-to-week details. More dining tables are
apartment renovations, maybe involving updat- gradually being allowed, and residents are en-
ing to current codes or customizing to the new joying this increased opportunity for socializ-
occupants’ wishes. He works closely with the ing during meals.
various city departments, contractors, and
Marketing. Currently, over thirty projects are
being considered or underway. He says one of Janet Klemperer
the best parts of his job is the wide range of
daily activities.
Marc Sobel
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Resident Scouting completion of skills courses. The Boy Scout
badges range from woodworking to electronics.
Experiences There are also badges denoting levels of mem-
bership, such as First Class Scout and Eagle
T his month our entry display cases are cov-
ering the Boy Scouts of America, Girl
Scouts of America, Campfire Girls and 4H, all
Scout. Jim Bender reached First Class Scout
and Tom Clark lent us his Eagle Scout badge.
The Eagle Scout Badge is the highest rank giv-
experiences given to children to prepare them en. Bob and Mary Ide’s grandson, Lorin Mur-
for their future. Several residents have donated phy, offered many of his badges, including his
their mementos from their own childhood ex- Eagle Scout, and Sheldon Schuttenberg re-
perience. There are some items from Scouts, ceived his Eagle Scout badge from presenter,
but also from Ed Putzier when he was in 4H John Glenn, the first American to orbit the
and Kay Forsythe’s treasures from the Camp- earth.
fire Girls.
While the Girl Scout badges were given for dif-
The Boy Scouts,
founded in 1910 by
Robert Baden
Powell, were to
“prepare young peo-
ple to make ethical
and moral choices
over their lifetimes
by instilling in
them the values of
the Scout and
Law.”
In 1912 the Girl
Scouts were formed
by Juliette Gordon
Low. Based on
some of the ideals
of the Campfire
Girls, she wanted ferent skills than the BSA badges, they were as
to expose all girls, including all classes and important but smaller and worn on a banner
ethnic groups, to ways to improve their leader- over the chest. Carol Cushman, Maggie Sobel,
ship skills and to provide them with individual Jo Ann Joselyn and Alma Dubin all offered
growth and self-sufficiency. She introduced theirs for display.
girls to many activities and educational pro-
grams, both indoors and outdoors. Many of the There were not only American groups of Scouts
1912 life skills; like sewing, cooking and na- but international meetings were held in other
ture, were expanded through the years to the countries in the summer. Ellen Gille was for-
current programs that include math, STEM tunate to visit one in Switzerland, where she
and robotics. acquired a charming music box as a memento.
In both BSA and GSA, badges are given for Susan ThomasTHE MIRROR June 2021 Page 11
BMoCA: Putnam has created scores of ceramic baby
shoes in a cage. Is This What We’ve Come To?
From This Day Forward comments on U.S. border policy. After last
fall’s election, she opened the cage and scat-
B oulder’s jewel of a museum, BMoCA on
13th Street, offered Frasier residents an
excellent excursion on May 10th to see art grap-
tered the shoes.
Therapist as well as artist and immigrant
pling with race and lockdown in the show, (from Brazil) Paula Gasparini-Santos gave her
From This Day Forward. clients a prompt: write to someone, telling
them something you’ve left out. The
writers gave Gasparini-Santos permis-
sion to publish their letters as Guerni-
ca 2020, a comment on the pandemic
year’s war against the virus. Stenciled
words over one of her oil paintings
begin with, “Before you know what
kindness is you must feel the possibil-
ity of the world ending . . . ”
A word-cloud by Narkita Gold came
from asking residents what Denver
meant to them, in one word. Some an-
swers: creative, conglomerate, oppor-
tunistic, fertile, white outdoorsy, dy-
namic, majestic, and eclectic. The
words are sized as to the number of times the
All the works are striking. Largest are orange response was given. This image too is from Wes
chains, fastened from the ceiling, with thick Magyar.
round tree-segments hanging from them. Called
Us/Them it shows how artist Kenzie Sitterud Dr. Ellamarie Ray, who teaches at MSU, mus-
views the un-ease of queer people in the hetero es in clay on meaning in the African Diaspora.
world—and suggests the answer is not easy. Is Her quilts from small clay squares sewn to-
“us” the chains, “them” we who impose them? gether and adorned with cowrie shells, always
valuable in African culture. She asks, What is
In Autumn Thomas’s Lift Every Voice, a lami- our heritage? Our community? With a didgeri-
nated-wood musical instrument hangs from the doo-like sound accompaniment by Santo Sun-
ceiling like a harp (image courtesy of Wes ra, Rochelle Johnson’s life-sized portraits and
Magyar). But the “songs” it plays represent prayer flags round out the show.
Thomas’s myriad wounds from prejudice and
racial slurs. Kim Putnam’s Genealogy of Hair Curated by Tya Alise Anthony, the exhibit is
takes a more humorous tack in 25 small (~8x10 not only beautiful. The artists have used per-
in.) lithographs of hair-do’s over the millenni- sonal and racial pain to meditate on mean-
ums, all black. She’s concerned with how ap- ing—and their work stands in judgment on the
pearance affects identity, its appeal to the male white gaze. The show will run until May 31st.
gaze—“and voice as agency.” In another work,THE MIRROR June 2021 Page 12
Goslings
This year’s goslings were
hatched near Meadows Care
Center one afternoon, dropped
down from a high planter, wad-
dled over to a holding pond,
and were gone the next day
along Thunderbird Drive.
The parents still keep coming
back and actually defending
“their” space in the South Court
yard.THE MIRROR June 2021 Page 13
Music in May
S everal outdoor concerts in Frasier’s
courtyards were planned for May, but
Colorado weather interfered, and most had
as bossa nova, boleros, tango, Afro Peruvi-
an, candombe & Caribbean.
to be moved indoors to our Canyons Eldora- Albert Galli played clarinet, soprano sax,
do room, where they could perform in- and vocal stylings that featured Big Band
person (no Zooming!). Special programs in- hits and dance music of all types and more.
cluded Shanna in a Dress, Adolfo Romero,
Albert Galli, and Hazel Miller. Hazel Miller
& the Collec-
Shanna is an internationally touring singer/ tive per-
songwriter who delivered quirky folk pop to formed an
a welcoming eclectic blend
audience. of jazz,
Her guitar R&B, blues,
and clever and original
original music. Hazel
songs were is a local leg-
especially en- end and
tertaining. sought-out
Although she performer
has lived in and we were
Boulder for happy she
several could come
years, she is to Frasier to
moving to entertain us.
Nashville to
try for fame Thanks to
and fortune - our Commu-
we wish her well! nity Life team for bringing these great mu-
sicians to Frasier.
Adolfo Romero is
a multifaceted art- Jo Ann Joselyn
ist from Chile
(visual artist, mu-
sician, poet, and
cultural arts pro- Remember, if you lose a sock in the dryer,
ject developer). it comes back as a Tupperware lid that
His extraordinary doesn't fit any of your containers.
voice and talent on
guitar (including
percussion) fea-
tured Spanish and To me, "drink responsibly"
Portuguese tunes means don't spill it.
and rhythms suchTHE MIRROR June 2021 Page 14
Quotes for Spring Tea
I f they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring
a folding chair.
Shirley Chisholm
“A woman is like a tea bag – you never know
how strong she is until she gets in hot water.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
Women belong in all places where decisions are Well behaved women rarely make history
being made. It shouldn’t be that women are the
exception.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Ruth Bader Ginsberg When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength
in the service of my vision, then it becomes less
“We realize the importance of our voices only and less important whether I am afraid.
when we are silenced.” Audre Lorde
Malala Yousazai (American writer, civil rights activist)
“One child, one teacher, one book, one pen, can All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my
change the world.” angel mother,”
Malala Yousazai Abraham Lincoln
I can promise you that women working togeth- “I do what I want, when I want, where I want .
er – linked, informed, and education – can . . if my mom says it’s OK.”
bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken Unknown
planet. “Happiness is seeing your mother smile.”
Isabel Allende Unknown
(Chilean writer, age 77)
“Once you’re a mom, you’re always a mom. It’s
The most common way people give up their like riding a bike . . . you never forget.”
power is by thinking they don’t have any. Taraji P. Henson
Alice Walker (America actress, age 50)
(Novelist, age 77)
“When your mother asks, ‘Do you want a piece
of advice?’ it is a mere formality. It doesn’t
No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles
matter if you answer yes or no. You’re going to
the potential of its women and deprives itself of
get it anyway.”
the contributions of half of its citizens.
Michelle Obama Erma Bombeck
(Continued on page 15)THE MIRROR June 2021 Page 15
(Continued from page 14)
“When my kids become wild and unruly, I use
a nice, safe playpen. When they’re finished, I
come out.”
Erma Bombeck
And finally, From American singer and
songwriter Melissa Etheridge:
“You are more powerful than you know; you
are beautiful just as you are.”
June Birthdays
INDEPENDENT LIVING
Mary Danes ...................... 02
Beth Hayward .................. 02
Rhoda Nozik ..................... 05
Mark Rumby .................... 05
Nancy Tilly ....................... 08
Jessica Weber ................... 08
Margaret Picher ............... 10
Marlene Remmers ............ 10
Louise Dudley .................. 11
Barbara Hanst ................. 11
Betty O’Brien ................... 12
Tad Sargent ...................... 12
Marty Frick ...................... 15
Howard Mills ................... 18
Stephanie Wrotny ............ 18
Maxi Damberger .............. 19 How can she keep track of them all ?
Barbara Helberg .............. 20
Judy Schilling .................. 21
Lynn Ringer ..................... 22
Robert “Bob” Matheson..... 23
Betsy Blumenthal ............ 24
Barbara Robertson ........... 24
Susan Waters .................... 24
Jean Berwick .................... 26 ASSISTED LIVING
Marcy Munson ................. 26 Mary Dickerson ................ 10
Anne Lindsey ................... 26
Sue Beckley ...................... 28 SUMMIT CARE CENTER
Lynn Cunningham ........... 28 Thomas Holzer ................. 24
George Peters .................... 28
Walt Petersen ................... 29THE MIRROR June 2021 Page 16
Solos quire about either program. A wonderfully
dedicated member of our community, Art is
A rt Okner’s Solos Dining program is a
wonderful help to single residents who
seek conversation and companionship at
active on numerous committees. He finds Ly-
ceum speakers for our enlightenment and mu-
sicians for our entertainment. He has also re-
mealtime. cently orga-
He nized a
spends Film Club.
many It is no
hours wonder that
each week Resident
juggling Council re-
requests cently
and table passed a
reserva- motion rec-
tions so ognizing
that no Art for his
one need creative
eat alone. contribu-
Art’s Sunday afternoon Solo Zoom is another tions to our community.
aspect of his dedication to the needs of unat-
tached Frasier’s Folks. Call Art at 4334 to in- Louise Bradley
New Residents
Jim and Prudence “Prue” Scarritt
From: Boulder (since 1961!) Arrival: 5/5
Unit: 537 PrS Ph: 720-836-2379
Raised in: Jim - Kansas City, MO Birthday: Jim 8/17
Prue - Connecticut Prue 2/03
Occupation: Jim -Prof. of Political Science, Founder &
director of INVST (learning & service program at CU)
Prue -Volunteer at multiple organizations
Interests: Jim -Professional interest in democracy
Prue -History of England, Spain, Africa. Yoga & hiking
Family: Four children, 1 in England, 1 in Idaho, 2 in Boulder/
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