Photo by Jeff O’Donnell
Setting Sun Lights Up Tree
Photo by Hanan Watson
Senior Planet Offers Free Live Daily Workshops Explaining Digital Issues
As part of its effort to address some of the many needs for digital help residents reported in a recent survey, the Computer Committee will post digital tips in this column for residents.
Computer Committee member Sheila Darnborough recommends an organization called “Senior Planet” that offers free digital help sessions to seniors. The above photo shows their Zoom program on Streaming Wed. Feb. 10. Caroline Persell attended that session and found there were good opportunities for attendees to ask questions. For a list of “Senior Planet’s” current online offerings, click here.
They also have a free hotline for technological questions. Just call the National Senior Planet Hotline at 920-666-1959. It is open from 9am – 5pm EDT, Monday – Friday.
They also have on-line tutorials. For one on how to join a Zoom meeting, click here.
Art by Hart: With a flooded basement on top of a pandemic, Raggedy Ann was beginning to feel her age
Art and photo by Jane Hart
Senior Planet Also Offers Free Technical Video Tutorials Online Anytime
Click here to get to their page for links to all of the above topics.
Sheila Benedis's New Artist Book
Here’s a photo by Sheila of one of the pages in it.
“GetSetUp” also Offers Free Online Classes about Smart Phones, Zoom, etc.
Click here to see their website and decide if there’s something you want to learn more about.
Father Takes Care of Baby at Home, Sends Wife Photos at Work
A graphic artist living in Germany works from home. His wife leaves their baby girl with him each day as she goes off to work. A few months ago, he got tired of her texting to check on how he was doing with the baby. So he started photoshopping responses to text back to her, and it has become a worldwide Instagram sensation. Here are a few of them.
Art Brady's Annotated Guide to Using Zoom
Art has made some notes on a page from a Zoom meeting to help you learn where different functions are and how to use them on a computer. Most of the same functions are available on a tablet, and many even on a phone, but they are in different places. Look around for them.
One secret to doing digital stuff is to be sure you look around the entire screen: top, corners, sides, bottom. Some things appear only when you scroll over them, whether with a mouse or a finger. Don’t be afraid to play around a bit (at least before a meeting starts). Hope this helps.
Pleasantville Chamber Music Society Offers Online Concerts
Click here to get to their website which is pictured above. Once there you can watch and hear their first online concert by cellist Ani Kalayjian and pianist Philip Edward Fisher and see their program for the season.
Computer Committee Survey Results and Plans
The KoH residents Computer Committee distributed a survey to residents on January 18 and has received and tallied responses from 140 residents.
Of those responding, all but two had one or more digital devices, whether computers, tablets, or smartphones. They reported many diverse needs for assistance, and the Committee is working on how to help.
Their first planned event is a Workshop on using MS Word for writing and editing on Friday, February 19, 2-3 pm on Zoom. Watch this website and Spotlight for details on this and future resources.
January 30 and Early February 2021 at Kendal on Hudson
A gallery of photos by Margo Berger, Joe Bruno, Maria Harris, Gloria Lewit, Caroline Persell, and Anne White.
Art by Hart: KoH Yoga Teacher Doing a Headstand next to Humpty Dumpty (who merely sat on the wall)
Art and Photo by Jane Hart
Photos of the Decorations in Clermont Lobby
Photos by Sally Costa
Created by Sally Costa, Deena LaMotta, and Susan Litner.
A New Sheila Benedis Artist Book on a Magnolia Tree Blooming in the Pandemic
Art and Photo by Sheila Benedis
The book includes a poem “Accomplishment” and is on display in the Art Show Case in the C-level hall on the way to Claremont.
February Vitality Programs from Phelps Hospital, via Zoom
Art by Hart: “Mrs. Talfryn Plaskett-Brimble wondered when this pandemic business would be over.”
Art and Photo by Jane Hart
If You Like Women's Gymnastics, You'll Love Nia Dennis
Click here to see the video on YouTube.
Call for Artists
ArtsWestchester Exhibition Opportunity: An Open Call to the Westchester Community
Submit creative works made during the coronavirus pandemic to ArtsWestchester’s curated exhibition, opening spring 2021.
“ArtsWestchester plans to reopen its gallery after an extended COVID-19 closure with an exhibition of the artistic and creative projects that you’ve been working on since March, 2020. We invite you to share your creativity with us—your homemade puppet theater, your “covid cookbook”, your family zoom concert—and tell your pandemic story. We are open to ALL of your creative ideas.”
Submission deadline: March 3, 2021
Before submitting, please review the complete guidelines by clicking here.
Telephone Scam Alert
At least one resident here at KoH has received two telephone calls where the caller said they were from Amazon Prime and wanted to alert them that $200 had just been charged to their Amazon account. If that charge was in error, the recipient of the call should push 1 (or some number) on the phone. The resident did not push anything but hung up and a bit later checked their Amazon account from their computer. Needless to say, in neither case was such a charge listed in their account. Those examples convinced the resident that the caller was “phishing” for information from them and that the call was bogus. Hence this posting to alert others who might receive such calls.