SUPPORTIVE COMMENTS
We have been getting a lot of feedback and many comments on our HELP CENTER, including from Deborah Snyder, Geri Rhodes, Ann Zeigler, Jane Ruby, Paula Rebert, Christina Stock, MarySue Smith, Rico Austin, Pat Hodapp, Ruthe Francis, Clint Bridges,
Geri Rhodes said: "I know someone at Princeton Place (a rehab center) who needs a caregiver by her side. Do you know where I can look for her?" Email me at LPDPress@q.com if you have any info/suggestions.
Ann Zeigler said: "All week, Brew readers have been writing in with inspiring stories of people working together to help those affected by the pandemic. We compiled this list to a) make you smile and b) give you ideas about ways to mobilize your own community.
Stephanie: “To keep a local florist afloat, members of my community are sending each other bouquets. Once you have a bouquet sent to you, you send a bouquet to another friend, and then they send a bouquet to someone else, and on and on.”
Riley in NYC: “Sauce Pizzeria is delivering free pizzas to hospitals every day, giving you the opportunity to donate a pizza and they'll match it.”
Perry in Reunion, CO: “A Facebook page was started in our community called ‘I Need This!’ It’s a place for community members to connect and help each other. Some people reached out because they need groceries, so there are others that go deliver what they need.”
Bridget in Portland, OR: “I want to give a shout out to Trophy Cupcakes in Seattle. If you order cupcakes for delivery to non-profits, underserved communities and others in need, they’ll pay it forward when they’re back on their feet.”
Pat in CA: “A neighbor printed a flyer and offered to bring food and supplies to seniors in the neighborhood. She put her two small children in a wagon and put the flyers in the mailboxes of her neighbors.”
Brew Crew: We put together a comprehensive listof ways you can volunteer and donate to help people affected by COVID-19. Please read and share.
Jane Rudy said: "here is some flash fiction for the group — http://nmbookcoop.com/FinalFootprints.psd."
Paula Rebert said: "Thank you for the NM Book Co-op Help Center newsletters. I appreciate the bright spot in my incoming email that you have provided. Thank you especially for all the local news to help us through these difficult days."
Christina Stock said: " I got a great response thanks to you spreading the news. I am putting the authors in my column Comfort Food and Food for Comfort in order of the emails coming in. First to reply was Savannah Hendricks. Here is the link to my column featuring Savannah, the story was in yesterday’s edition of the Roswell Daily Record: https://www.rdrnews.com/2020/03/23/hoarding-food-versus-hoarding-books/ Here is the link to our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/PecosVisionMagazine/
MarySue Smith said: "Digital issues of CoverReads, or a list of Book Co-op books, could be sent to the entertainment editors of newspapers in New Mexico and Arizona, reminding them that their readership will be looking for things to do while stuck at home." [Actually we have been doing this, but if you have name and email address of any entertainment editors (or other media types), we can add more to our growing list!]
Pat Hodapp said: "I have 14 nieces and nephews plus numerous great nieces and nephews and now 6 gr gr nieces and nephews. I like to keep in touch several times a year, so here is the first Virus Times.
I gave book store gift certifs to staff kids--they are out of school here until at least mid-to end of April, if the schools open then. The bookstore will hand deliver to the curb or mail, so they can get books. All libraries in the state are closed down until further notice.
On the last day the libraries were open Paul and I made a DVD and book run. Some patrons had 15 to 20 grocery bags filled to check out. We did our fair share and will trade with a neighbor if this lock down is too long.
I am taking this shelter-in-place easier than some as I was "sheltered in place" in miserable rehab centers for those 6 months. Here I can go out in the yard, walk the neighborhood and even just take a car ride to see the mountains.
A friend decided she had a crisis and went out last week despite her plans to self isolate. She said she had run out of cat food and had to weigh the chance of getting the COVID virus vs face an angry cat.
A woman criticized our son for talking on his cell on the beach at sunset on Saturday. She was just walking by and asked if he was a rude New Yorker, why wasn't he enjoying the sunset instead of being on a phone? Jonathan did not miss a beat and replied, " no I am just a good son taking pictures of the sunset for my self-isolating mother." She moved on quickly."
Ruthe Francis said: "For the past 15 years I have taken my grandchildren to the Tony Hillerman library for story time and checking out books to read with me. Now they are isolated at home since school is closed. What to do? Duh! My home library. Yes, I browsed my home library and found age appropriate books (for a 16 year old and a 13 year old) right on my own shelves. In doing so I found books I I want to re-read. Suggestion to all: shop your home libraries for buried and forgotten buried treasures. I even found my first editions of Nancy Drew mysteries. Perfect! They are on their way in a bag to leave on my grandchildren's doorstep.
When the week-end looms long and kinda bleak there is Booktv 24 hours a day every Saturday and Sunday on C-Span 2. Their website booktv.org has their schedule of non-fiction authors discussing their books. The have an archive of past programs which be watched on your computer. C-Span 3 has the same week-end schedule. It is devoted to history authors - many of them regional historians.
Last week-end I learned about a new history book by Megan Kate Nelson: The Three Cornered War: The Union, The Confederacy and the Indians. It is about the Civil war in NM, 1861-1868. Her discussion can be accessed on the booktv.org website.
Thanks to all of you!
