ACCENTSFORTNIGHTLY PUBLICATION - NOV 29 - DEC 12, 2019

Dear Residents,Thanksgiving is a special time of year, and we hope all are enjoying the holiday, family, and friends. With the Manor “NO TIP, NO GIFT” policy, this is also a very good time to remember our wonderful and dedicated Manor staff. We have had an amazing start to the 2019 Employee Appreciation Fund! We have received 82 gifts as of November 21 and hope, in time, that all residents will show their appreciation at their comfort level. The gifts are confidential, and we know some gifts come from couples and others from single donors. There is obviously lots of time remaining; however, the Manor is only able to distribute funds by the Holidays if they have been received by December 13. By the end of the year, we hope to reach one hundred percent participation. We can then make a meaningful gift to our employees to show our appreciation for the comfort they bring into our lives.Residents will receive an acknowledgment of their gift from the Manor Business Office. Thank you all for your support. Extra envelopes and donor requests are located by the collection box at the Reception Desk.

Jack Enbom, Annual Appreciation Fund Chair

ANNUAL APPRECIATION GIFT FUND 2019

SUN DEC 1 MOVIE – 1:30 – MH (see BB) SUN DEC 1 ADVENT – 5 - MHWelcome the Christmas season with candlelight, carols, and readings.WED DEC 4 MOVIE – 7:15 – MH (see BB)THU DEC 5 HALF-FAST WALKERS PLAN TO WALK - 9 Walkers will head for Garland Park. Sign up on BB. Ken Rich will lead. FRI DEC 6 TREE LIGHTING – 5 – PLEnjoy wine, hot cider, and hors d’oeuvres in the Lounge, followed by a sing-along and the Roundabout Singers.SUN DEC 8 MOVIE – 1:30 – MH (see BB) TUE DEC 10 ANGEL CHOIR – 11:30 – MH

The Tularcitos Angel Choir annual performance is a highlight of the Season.

WED DEC 11 MOVIE – 7:15 – MH (see BB)THU DEC 12 HALF-FAST WALKERS PLAN TO WALK - 9 Walkers will head for a Butterfly Walk. Sign up on BB. Ken Johnson will lead. FRI DEC 13 SPECIAL EVENT - PIANO – 7:15 – MHPianist Michael Sanders will play Dances and Toccatas. Don’t miss it!SAT DEC 14 MUSIC ON THE MENU – 6-7:30 – DRTim Carroll (Jack O’Neil’s grandson) will play for our listening and dancing enjoyment.SUN DEC 15 DAYTRIPPERS GO TO TUBA CONCERTTuba Christmas Concert is at the Monterey Conference Center. Manor Bus leaves promptly at noon, concert is from 1 – 2, and bus returns by 2:30. FREE! Sign up on BB.

EVENTS

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NEW/SOON-TO-BE /SOON-TO-BE RESIDENTSRESIDENTSJanet McDanielThomas & Sonja Hout Alexander & Jerian CrosbyMarlene Wood

James & Betty KassonMartin (Marty) & Karen WiskoffNancy Wright Jeffry & Marilyn RiehlSandy Storm

11/30 Pat M.11/30 Eunice S.11/30 Pat T. 12/4 Mel B.

12/6 Natalie M.12/7 Carol B. 12/7 Sylvia C.12/11 Richard R.

Happy Birthday

IN MEMORIAM11/13 Art Brown

CVM Foundation Update If you have looked at the bulletin board or at the easel in the lobby where Jack is climbing the beanstalk, you will notice he is getting higher and higher toward his goal. With the end of the year approaching, he just might get way up there when the people who give stock to the Foundation Fund know

• no capital gains apply and • the tax deduction one gets is for what the stock is

worth now! …or when people who send a donation from their IRA account know the money is not taxed and the deduction is for the whole amount. With all of that, just watch Jack speed up those vines!

Jane Upp

News Years Eve at the Manor

• Glamour, Glitz and Magic (dress to the nines). Tux or suits for men suggested

• Two full bars in the Lounge before dinner• Dinner• Meeting House: Entertainment by Dan Chan, the

Magic ManWatch for details in coming issues of ACCENTS!

The R.O.S.E.Boutique

Medical DefinitionsBarium What doctors do when patients dieBenign What you be after you be eightCaesarean section A neighborhood in RomeCat scan Searching for KittyCauterize Made eye contact with herComa A punctuation markDilate Live long Enema Not a friend

ONGOING ACTIVITIESSee also Master Schedule of Ongoing Activities

(C 10,11 Residents‘ Handbook)

LOCATION LEGEND

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MON Chair Exercise MH 8:30-8:45AM Monday Morning Forum (4th) MH 10:30AM Advanced Exercise MH 11:00-11:45AM Duplicate Bridge GR 1:00PM Dominoes GR 7:15PM

TUES Chair Exercise MH 8:30-8:45AM Council Meeting (2nd) CR 9:30AM Adv. Water Exercise SP 9:30-10:15AM Worship Services (1st) H 10:30AM Communion Services (3rd) HC 10:30AM Tai Chi MH 1:00PM Ukulele Class WP 1:00-2:00PM Lawn Bowling PG 1:15-3:15PM Sing For Fun (1st) WP 2:30PM

WED Chair Exercise MH 8:30-8:45AM Advanced Exercise MH 11:00-11:45AM Communion Service (2nd) WP 11:15AM Mahjong 2:00-4:00PM Movie Night MH 7:15PM

THUR Chair Exercise MH 8:30-8:45AM Half-Fast Walkers 9:00AM Adv. Water Exercise SP 9:30-10:15AM Games GR 1:00PM Tai Chi MH 1:00PM

FRI Chair Exercise MH 8:30-8:45AM Yoga MH* (Starts Dec. 6) 2:00-3:00PM Bookmobile 12:45-1:15PM Every other Friday (November 30) Lawn bowling PG 1:15-3:15PM Social Bridge GR 3:00PM

SAT Chair Exercise MH 8:30-8:45AM Putting (2nd) PG 10:00-11:30AM Ice Cream Social (1st) PL Noon Wine Dinner Group (2nd) PDR 5:30PM

SUN Movie MH 1:30PM

* NEW

CR Conference Room(s)H HillcrestMH Meeting HouseSP Swimming Pool

DR Dining RoomHC Health CenterPDR Private Dining RoomWP West Parlor

FC Fitness CenterHG Hall GalleryPG Putting GreenBB Sign-up and/or

GR Game RoomL LibraryPL Pavilion Lounge

In my apartment there is a basket placed with care on an antique cobbler’s bench in front of my couch. And in that basket reside my prized collection of “remotes.” I am proud to tell you they are five in number, plus a new one courtesy of Comcast, our friendly Internet provider. Across the room stands my television set. To be truthful, my TV is not only old but of undoubted foreign extraction. Chinese, Japanese, Korean, or Vietnamese - who knows?… but of one thing I am sure, it does not understand the English language. And to my everlasting regret, between my remotes and my television there is no friendship, none whatsoever. Now let me explain how all this remarkable

collection performs. First, one has to have a special internet plug in the wall. Then one should acquire a router plus a modem to make our computers and TVs perform their multiple tasks. That marvelous router (don’t ask me what that means) avoids wires running under and over the bed, through doors and windows, across the bedroom and living room, not to mention the kitchen and bath. By some miracle of electronics, my router sends signals through the atmosphere to all my rooms plus my neighbors on all sides. As for modems, I’m told that my former was at least 30 years old, so those helpful folks from Comcast just installed a new one - no charge. Ha!! This little beauty is HD compatible, by which ….. but I digress! This story is not about my modem or router; it is about my astonishing remotes. First, let me tell you, my remotes live up to

their name. They are often secluded, inaccessible,

unsociable, withdrawn, unforthcoming, and unfriendly. By which I mean, I frequently can’t find the damn things. There’s one for my TV, one for my DVD player, one for my streaming device (ROKU by name), one for my radio/CD player, one for the light under my favorite painting, and lastly my new one that I’m told will even

flush my toilet. My remotes come in all

shapes and all sizes. Some are long, some are short. Some are thin, some are fat. They are covered with buttons, arrows, and red and green lights. (So you can find ‘em if one gets lost under the couch.) They are uniformly black or gray, showing no imagination or

flair for fashion on the part of the children who design these clever devices. They are silent. They tell you nothing about how they work, which buttons to push, or where to find them. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don’t. Naturally, there are no instructions. (Where are my grandchildren when I need ‘em?) In conclusion (and to be mercifully brief), I

have a love-hate relationship with my remotes. I can’t live with ‘em, and I can’t live without ‘em. Perhaps a smart little robot might solve my problems ... but do they come with directions? I doubt it. Dear friends, technology is passing me by. If the truth must be told, I’m just gettin’ too old!

Dick Wheat

Information on Bulletin Board

My TV Remotes

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Photograper: Leon Cooper Contributors: Jack Enbom Ann Richardson Dick Wheat

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Will Furman offers us an exhibit of his work in photography on display in the Hall Gallery. We are, of course, just getting used to his most contemporary pieces, those reflecting and distorting the world we live in. Slick glass surfaces reflect and transform our 3-D world and offer a whole new view of the city, town, or familiar work environment. He has chosen to include some of his earlier photos, shots of a workman’s tools in familiar black and white, means of transportation involving cars and rails, birds in the wild, and a wonderful picture of a reflection in the forest. This adds up to looking backward and remembering some of Will’s earlier works.

He is tuned in to the current frequency, or maybe it’s a vibration, to look closely at our environments, green, built, reflective, booming, or broken down. We live here. These photographs may well be called environmental and do represent concerns that are very much with us. I would include his earlier work, the majesty of mountains and the vast reaches of the wild. This is retrospective. For those of us who have just arrived here, perhaps it would be good to know that Will originally went out into the wild alone and sought exceptional views of Yosemite and did produce large black and white photographs that are much appreciated. His new work involving reflection and cities makes us take a close look at that which we value, from where we walk to the air we breathe. Fortunately, he shows us both what is and what might be. Keep looking and be glad we have Will around to demonstrate slick and the work it took to get started.

Ann Richardson

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Will Furman - Becoming Retrospective