Aunt Bliss wondered what had become of her old boyfriends
At last the Hollywood pigeons had their own walk of fame
Truffle’s anti-tantrum cookie was at the ready
Crake couldn’t remember whether the newest disease bug was bad for dogs or people
Daniel went dotty over a lemon tart
Art and photos by Jane Hart
Contributed by Donald Butt
Contributed by Barbara Wallach
Art and photo by Sheila Benedis
Each week, Muriel Fox makes copies of Spotlight for our community. She’s rather caught there because the copier can be finicky. So, time well spent: with the Times.
Photo by Carolyn Reiss
A new fountain now graces the Clearwater garden, following the retirement of the former fountain that had been—appropriately—feeling its age.
Photo contributed by Ellen Ottstadt
Photo by Carolyn Reiss
Photo by Edward Kasinec
Bee’s eye view, by Ed Lannert
Late Hibiscus in the Healing Garden, by Sue Bastian
Photo by Carolyn Reiss
Recently, Kendalites visited Stonecrop Gardens for a tour of their vast and wonderful gardens. Here’s just a taste:
Photos by Harry Bloomfeld
Autocorrect—we love it and hate it:
We’ll, we’ll, we’ll . . . if it isn’t autocorrect.
Autocorrect can go straight to he’ll.
Autocorrect has become my worst enema.
I tried to say, “I’m a functional adult,” but my phone changed it to “fictional adult,” and I feel like that’s more accurate.
Thanks to autocorrect, 1 in 5 children will be getting a visit from Satan this Christmas.
The guy who invented autocorrect for smartphones passed away today. Restaurant in peace.
Contributed by Joe Bruno
From the Office of Ellen Ottstadt
From the Office of David Pojman
In 1816, a French physician named René Laennec found himself in a delicate situation. He needed to listen to the heart of a young female patient but didn’t have an ideal way to do so based on the standard practices of the time. Doctors in the early 19th century relied primarily on touch to assess the heart, pressing their hands to gauge its strength and rhythm. This method often wasn’t reliable, especially, as was the case in Laennec’s situation, if the patient was of a heavier weight. Applying the ear directly to a chest was another approach, but Laennec felt that would be inappropriate and uncomfortable given his patient’s age and gender.
Laennec also happened to be a skilled musician. Drawing on a basic principle of acoustics—that sound travels better through solid materials than through air—he rolled a sheet of paper into a cylinder and placed one end on the patient’s chest and the other to his ear. The heartbeat came through far more clearly and distinctly than it would have with touch or direct ear contact. Three years later, he published his findings and the first design of a monaural stethoscope, the name of which comes from the Greek words stethos, meaning “chest,” and skopein, meaning “to explore.”
The device was a simple wooden tube about 10 inches long that carried sound to one ear. The stethoscope marked the start of mediate auscultation—diagnosing conditions by listening to the body’s internal functions. Laennec’s design was used until flexible rubber-tubed binaural models appeared later in the 19th century.
Source: historyfacts.com
Contributed by Jane Hart
Contributed by Donald Butt
Contributed by Barbara Bruno
Sid and Griffin were inseparable
The Met’s new Saturday soap-opera series broadcast directly to Lena’s Laundromat
They met on the 7:00 am lizardboat—and the rest is history
It was adorable to hear the little ones mimic the politicians on TV
Bobo couldn’t get enough Great Aunt Bunni stories
Art and photos by Jane Hart
Art and photo by Sheila Benedis
Photo by Cynthia Ferguson
Photo by Harry Bloomfeld
Copland House Ensemble Concert, September 14, photo by Ed Lannert
Photo by Joe Bruno
Photos by Carolyn Reiss
Loose again Tuesday morning! Seems in the herd this year there are more curious youngsters than usual. Oh, this younger generation!
Which led to an unusual meeting: Allie Reiss and Billy Goat. Neither seemed concerned . . .
Photos by Carolyn Reiss
Photo by Barbara Wallach
Pat McGrath spent the last few weeks bicycling with his daughter through the hills and dales of Italy and France, and visiting friends in Paris. He sent lovely pictures of the surrounding landscapes and cityscapes. And a bonus, too.
Porto Vecchio, Corsica
Levie, Corsica
Sartene, Corsica
Bonifacio, Corsica
First sketch of Guernica, Picasso Museum, Paris
Eifel Tower at dusk
Gallery at Chenonceaux
St. Romain sur Cher, France
And now the bonus . . .
That’s right: a picture of goats! French goats! And direct from Couddes.
A big red ship has been hanging out for several days on the Hudson River—right in our sight line. What is that thing doing? Two weeks ago, we published the information Joe Bruno found to answer that question: it’s a cable-laying ship, laying a cable beneath the Hudson. And now—as is the Residents Website tradition of providing breaking-news—Joe has come up with even more information!
Want to know more (note: pictures are included)? Click below.
Black Cohosh in Rockwood, photo by Harry Bloomfeld
Garden Dahliah, photo by Harry Bloomfeld
A “Next” of Mushrooms, photo by Rich Dooley
Common Ivy . . . and Friend, photo by Harry Bloomfeld
Herbst’s Bloodleaf, photo by Harry Blooomfeld
From the office of Ellen Ottstadt
Margaret Ann Roth recently provided a compendium of, well, discrete observances on our world, age, and philosophy. They are both thought-provoking and insightful. We offer a few below in Part II of this discussion of life:
Author, author! That would be Mimi Abramovitz whose latest edition of Regulating the Lives of Women: Social Welfare Policy from Colonial Times to Present is just being released in its Fourth—count ‘em: four—edition. Used widely in Women’s Studies and American History courses, the flyer below tells you everything you might want to know about this soon-to-be available tome of renown.
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