My nursing home would contain....
@sallypup (57749)
Centralia, Washington
June 18, 2017 2:03pm CST
Here's a laundry list of what I would need if I were to move into communal elderly housing:
Raised garden beds and hens in a coop. Bird feeders on pulleys so that the feeders would be easily gotten to.
A little kitchen area for us inmates that were with it and needed some basic exercise: in this kitchen area would be a wheat grinder and a juicer or other gadget to make peanut butter with. For sure a blender and bowls and butter knives- nothing fancy, rolling pins. All the basics for making pie pastry and bread. A fridge that would have wheat germ and flax and sesame seeds in it- all healthy, life affirming goodies.
And of course, there would be a room for literary readings. And books. Must have books. May Sarton and Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman and of course Mary Oliver. Good, honest folks. And music. Must have music. For me, folk music. For you: you tell me??
What do you think? We have a few more years. Anyone want to join me in my ark? Want to climb aboard? Run away? Far away?
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@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
19 Jun 17
I feel like someday i will be in a nursing home, having no children of my own i do not see anyone taking me in. I just hope that i have my old family photos, and my genealogy stuff, i hope i am allowed a laptop with internet access, i hope i am allowed to scrapbook and write, i hope i do not have a annoying roomate.
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@sallypup (57749)
• Centralia, Washington
19 Jun 17
@chrisbergstrom You are younger than me. I expect you to come care for me when the time comes. Please hurry.
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@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
20 Jun 17
@sallypup You are not that old yet Lenore i often feel like i am much older then i am lol
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@Hate2Iron (15730)
• Canada
18 Jun 17
I like your list. I want to be busy when the time comes... not bored out of my mind. So, yes, I like your list!!
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@sallypup (57749)
• Centralia, Washington
18 Jun 17
@Hate2Iron If we as elderly persons just sit we will go down faster. Come join me in the revolution.
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@celticeagle (158739)
• Boise, Idaho
18 Jun 17
I'd love to run away. Can't. It's family. Enjoy yourself though.
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@celticeagle (158739)
• Boise, Idaho
19 Jun 17
@sallypup .....My kids are all of a family we have left. My daughter and her two kids That's it. So we are pretty close.
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@sallypup (57749)
• Centralia, Washington
19 Jun 17
@celticeagle I admire your fierce sense of fealty to family.
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@sallypup (57749)
• Centralia, Washington
19 Jun 17
@celticeagle I have my best friend, my hubby. My daughter is far away so if he goes first I will be alone.
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@RasmaSandra (73241)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
18 Jun 17
If ever i needed a home for the elderly mine would need a kitchen that offered anything and everything anyone craves. a movie hall to watch videos, a dancing hall to get moving. music to stream each and every day and oh, yes, a bowling alley. Then perhaps I could survive.
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@sallypup (57749)
• Centralia, Washington
18 Jun 17
@RasmaSandra You sound fun loving.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
19 Jun 17
I could see having places to make things, and places to garden, tend animals, craft, and do, with young strong assistants, could be quite a wonderful place to be
@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
19 Jun 17
Truly a dream residence you have conjured up. I am hoping to croak before I reach the state that would require such confinement and loss of freedom.
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