It was a gloomy dark day and Maria and I were both restless, so I suggested she join me at my weekly story-reading at the Mansion.

Maria was great, she connected with the residents and she got into a lively dialogue about language and we all forgot about reading.

Georgianna went on a great Pig Latin riff, and I hadn’t heard Pig Latin in years, Georgianna remembered it well from her school days. We had a blast. The story language session was fun, interactive and very healthy I think, for the residents, for us.

Towards the end, I thought to do a video recording some of the conversations. Come along.

The weekly Mansion story-telling was special today, it made me rethink how the sessions should be structured. Rather than have me read stories, I could invite Maria and other guests and see if we can’t have more interactive sessions like we did today.

Take a look. The visit sure cheered us up, as I thought it might. Afterward, we drove to the Bennington Museum where we spent a very quiet hour looking at some neat art.  Zinnia came along, she slept in the car and sat quietly for several hours

She also came to the Mansion discussion, visited people and took a nap.