Audrey: I’m trying to learn Desiderata. It is not easy.

Audrey: I look at these things and read them over and over. Crossing the Bar seems simple and clear versus Desiderata has a deep meaning.

You forget. Seems so I didn’t do too much, but when I get someone like you to put it all together. My head. Seems a lot.

(Explanation: Refers to looking at the Artistic Display Stand [WilsonJones Catalog Rack] of all her work.)

Audrey: I’m sitting in my little chair (light weight transit wheelchair with four small wheels). I go everywhere. I play Bingo. I go to sewing, but it is not sewing. They should say bring your hammer and saw. We work on little pieces of wood and they call it sewing. (laughter) I feel very good. I’m doing so much. We play cards. It’s like Bridge. We are always playing something like Bingo.  Jean, Margie’s daughter, is back so she gets card games going.

Audrey: I meet her in the hall. She is talkative and I’m not, so we get along fine.

Audrey: Oh!?

Audrey: Amber, she bops in every other thing. She loves to put books and everything in order. Oh Lord, I think I’ve got a hand. I’m not sure.

Audrey: I have the corner room here at Alpine and it is the best room here. (Alpine Staff) couldn’t be any better. Vivian (Audrey’s roommate), she is great. Vivian reminds me of Grandma.

Audrey: I have a very comfortable room. I have a three shelves bookcase with a small bookcase on top and then all my dolls (stuffed animals) on top. I have a bird feeder outside my window. Spencer put the bird feeder by the window up close.

Audrey Mae MacDonald and her son Vaughn Ray MacDonald at Kent Regency, Warwick, RI

Audrey: I am sleeping all the time. I feel pretty good. I finished eating now. It is as sunny as it can be. I don’t care about going out. I like sitting here and looking out the window. I’m always falling asleep. Nothing unusual. Vaughn helped me put the puzzle together of a boy eating his sandwich and the dog sitting there waiting for a bite.