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RESIDENTS WRITE APACHE INDIAN FOLKTALE By Bernice Hunold I’d like to tell you a myth of the Apache Indians. I chose it for reasons that will be clear to everyone who knows me, and everyone who doesn’t. – Bernice Hunold In the beginning there was nothing at all – except darkness and water and the great spirits who lived even before time began. Then the spirits made Earth and they made Sky. And Creator, who was chief of all the spirits, made an animal. He alone knew how to do it. He made the animal out of clay and put legs on it and a tail. “Walk on your legs,” he said. And the animal walked. “That’s the way,” Creator said. “Now run.” And the animal ran. That animal, the first on Earth, was Dog. Then Creator made many animals. He made horns and wings and fins. Creator made all the animals there are. They covered the whole earth and each had its special place – in the sea, on the land, and in the air. While Creator was busy making all the animals, Dog stood nearby. Wherever Creator went, Dog would follow. “Will you always stay with us?” Dog asked Creator. “Or will you leave us some day?” “Some day I will leave,” Creator said. Bernice Hunold Photo by Ray Hunold “If you do, if you must, will you make me a special friend?” asked Dog. Creator gave it a thought. Then he lay down on the ground. “Draw a line all around me,” he said. So Dog went all around Creator, tracing him on the ground with his paw. When he was done, Creator got up and looked at it. “Now go off a ways and don’t look,” Creator said. He took some clay and tossed it down. But pretty soon Dog returned and looked. “Oh, there’s someone on the ground where you were lying,” he said. “You go off and no looking,” Creator said. So Dog went off a little further. Creator worked on the clay. Soon Dog returned and looked. “He’s sitting up,” he cried. “You go off further still,” Creator said, “and looking is a no-no.” And Dog went off. Creator blew on the clay. After a while, he called to Dog. “Now you can look.” Dog ran back and looked. “Oh, Creator, is he for me?” “He is pretty good,” Creator said. “Yes, he is for you.” Creator lifted the man to his feet. “Now walk,” Creator said to the man, and he showed him how to walk. And how to talk and how to laugh. When the man laughed, Creator laughed with him. AT HOME 4 SEPTEMBER 2013
Dog came running and he jumped up on the man. He jumped up and down the way dogs do when they are happy. And the man laughed and laughed as Dog kept jumping up on him. “You will be all right,” Creator decided. And he left Dog with his man. Together they walked through time. SMELL THE ROSES, JENNIFER By Francine Hament Beautiful roses, given to me at volunteer Earl Annecston’s last visit to the Jewish Home on Passover 2013. Because Jennifer Serafin [recently relocated nurse practitioner] is allergic to roses, all she could do when she came to my room was pretend to smell them, at the risk of having an allergic reaction. However, above is a photo I snapped of her in the sniffing position. Do we all miss Jennifer? You bet we do. Her work here was so significant. Doctors depended on her skills to make up the many times she took over medical necessities, so important to the care of so many residents. We manage without Jennifer, but she is sorely missed. And while we wish her luck in her new position, we’ll never forget her “smelling the roses” at the Jewish Home. JEWISH HOME 5 Francine Hament FOOD SERVICE SHIFT By Francine Hament Chaos? No. Just some readjusting to a new way of dining. Different? Yes, of course. An improvement? Well, that remains to be seen. Or, in this case, eaten. Meals for most of us (in the Friedman and Koret buildings, at least) are now served in bright blue thermos containers with a matching “dome.” Everything comes up from the kitchen – nice and hot, as it should be. Staff members oversaw the first few days of this new service delivery, making sure residents received the food they would normally order from each unit’s kitchen. These new arrangements were put into effect to help lower costs and keep food hotter. (The latter a major complaint from us residents.) All the staff involved deserve our thanks for their help in making this transition more efficient (and hotter!) in the long run. By the time this piece is published, it will be old news. But do write in with your ideas and suggestions. Are you pleased and comfortable with this new system? Bon appétit! SAN FRANCISCO
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