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Posted in Alz Assoc Aloha Chapter, Alzheimer's Assoc. lecture, Basically Books, Caregiving, Hawaii Island ADult Care, I Am Somebody: Bringing Dignity and Compassion to Alzheimer's Caregiving, Patrick Toal, poetry and caregiving, Sacramento Poetry Center, Uncategorized, Watermark Publishing on November 1, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Wordsworth at work
Posted in Alz Assoc Aloha Chapter, Alzheimer's Association, Caregiving, Hawaii Island ADult Care, our children, Patrick Toal, Uncategorized, Wordsworth Dances the Waltz on May 30, 2019| Leave a Comment »
So it has finally come to this: Walking into the Hilo public library, a man stopped me and asked, “Aren’t you Mrs. Wordsworth?”
Here are photos of WW doing his work at the Hilo library. He’s dancing the waltz with pre-schoolers after helping them understand about memory loss in our elders. The children enjoyed Wordsworth Dances the Waltz story.
Even a dog came for Wordsworth and he was a better listener than three adults who were hushed by me, conversing loudly as WW spoke to the children.
After Wordsworth finishes his work on the Big Island, he goes to Maui and Molokai with Patrick Toal of the Alzheimer’s Assoc.
If any school wants a visit from WW, please let me know. fhk@francesk.org.
Yes, my lecture and poetry writing workshop at the Hawaii Island ADult Care was a huge success, thanks to Patrick Toal, Marcie Saquing and Lizby Logston but the stage belong to
Wordsworth.
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Lizby and me
Patrick, Marcie and…