Farmington Community Matters - August 2022

Farmington Presbyterian Manor

AUGUST 2022

Final award brings artist Maxine Danieley’s career full circle It all started with an art contest.

Maxine Danieley was just a high school student when a new art teacher came to town and set up a painting contest between her and her classmates.

Editor’s Note: In a nod to our Presbyterian heritage, we regularly feature a column from a PMMA® chaplain in our newsletter. This month’s column comes from Dinah Dutta, chaplain at Lawrence Presbyterian Manor®.

Pause, Breathe, HOPE

By Chaplain Dinah Dutta

I can’t help but share this beautiful song with you as my thoughts are wrapped around 4th of Dinah Dutta July as I write my love note to all of you: The patriotic song, “America the Beautiful.”

In spite of all the chaos, hatred, fear, and much more, I want to sing this song with all my heart.

Each word reminds me how privileged and blessed I am to live in this great country.

“He told us that when we went home that night, we had to think about what we wanted to paint and then we’d have a contest,” said Maxine.

Resident Maxine Danieley, a member of the World A couple of days Organization of China Painters, with her “Wisteria” later, Maxine and her vase that was awarded the “Judge’s Choice” ribbon at classmates found this year’s Art is Ageless competition. themselves back in the art room under the discerning eye of their teacher.

“He looked all around the room and came back to me twice and then came back to me again and said I won first place,” said Maxine.

“From that moment on I was stirred up to paint.”

Please join me in singing: O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain!

America! America!

God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea!

O beautiful for pilgrim feet Whose stern impassioned stress

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Art is Ageless – continued from page 1 And paint she did.

In the decades that followed, Maxine established herself as a porcelain painter, which she found to be both an expensive and exacting process.

“I had to buy a $800 kiln and put it in our basement in our home, because when you paint on porcelain the paint won’t go on it unless you get that porcelain item very hot,” said Maxine.

But all of the time and effort eventually paid off as Maxine was recognized among the top of her craft and was inducted into the

prestigious World Organization of China Painters.

But, as she’s gotten older, Maxine has found that the taxing process of creating her artwork has begun to take its toll.

“This is a long, strenuous thing to do,” said Maxine. “I’m 89 and too old to do it anymore.”

So, this year Maxine chose PMMA’s Art is Ageless® juried art competition as her final hurrah.

And just like it all began, Maxine wrapped up her career with yet another “Judge’s Choice” ribbon.

“When I brought her the ribbon, she happy cried and hugged me saying how much it meant to her now that she can’t continue with her art,” said

Maxine Danieley’s painted porcelain “Wisteria” vase from the 2022 Art is Ageless competition.

Keely Jameson, sales and marketing director at Farmington Presbyterian Manor.

A porcelain plate painted

by Maxine

“I was breathless, it was thrilling.

When Keely walked in with the ribbon and my vase … oh, I just couldn’t believe it,” said Maxine.

Having ended her career on a high note, Maxine has now passed her kiln onto her granddaughter, who just happens to be a budding high school artist herself. u Like us on Facebook to stay updated on news and events.

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Get ready for National “Tell a Joke” Day You may not know this, but August 16 is “Tell a Joke Day.” No-one can quite figure out where or how the day started (or why it’s not a national holiday yet) but the idea behind it is quite simple – tell a joke and share a laugh. It’s good for you!

Laughter is considered one of the greatest medicines – it can improve your heart health, release endorphins and reduce your stress, even work your abs.

So, we wanted to take the opportunity to share a few jokes – as presented by an anonymous resident at one of our communities who enjoys walking around, making people laugh. Some of his jokes are good, some bad, some corny: Q: What do you call a pallbearer in Oklahoma?

A: Karaoke (“carry-Okie”) Q: What resort’s grand opening received very little coverage?

A: The nudist colony’s Q: Who wore the first Arrow shirt?

A: General Custer Q: What do you call a cat that ate a lemon?

A: A sourpuss Q: Why couldn’t they play cards on Noah’s Ark? A: Because an elephant stood on the deck

The history of the joke While the origin (and creator) of National “Tell a Joke” Day are a mystery, many “experts” have tried to find the origin of the “joke.”

But as it turns out, that’s a difficult task as well.

Some suggest that the joke was created by the Greek hero Palamedes, who outsmarted Odysseus during the Trojan War but there’s no evidence to support that claim.

But there’s another claim for the Greeks.

In 350 BC, the original Friar’s Club met regularly in the Temple of Heracles in Athens to tell jokes but “none have been passed down.”

In the 1600s, Shakespeare included lots of humor in his plays, some funny one-liners, and many jokes that were actually insults such as “Thine face is not worth sunburning” from Henry V (Act 5, Scene 2).

A classic joke that endured the test of time was first published in 1847 in the monthly New York magazine Knickerbocker: “Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side.”

In modern times, stand-up comedians brought humor to clubs and on the radio, TV and the internet. In 2002, an English professor held a contest for the world’s funniest joke. The winner was from comedian Spike Milligan: “Two hunters are out in the woods when one of them collapses. He doesn’t seem to be breathing and his eyes are glazed. The other guy whips out his phone and calls the emergency services. He gasps, ‘My friend is dead! What can I do?’ The operator says, ‘Calm down. I can help. First, let’s make sure he’s dead.’ There is a silence, then a shot is heard. Back on the phone, the guy says, ‘OK, now what?’”

The above dates and information are from Stop Me If You’ve Heard This A History and Philosophy of Jokes

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America! America!

God mend thine ev'ry flaw, Confirm thy soul in self-control, Thy liberty in law.

O beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife, Who more than self their country loved, And mercy more than life.

America! America!

May God thy gold refine Till all success be nobleness, And ev'ry gain divine.

O beautiful for patriot dream That sees beyond the years Thine alabaster cities gleam Undimmed by human tears.

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America! America!

God shed his grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea.

I invite you dear ones to take time to pause, pray, breathe, and continue to live in Hope because hope, love, and

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JOY are contagious. Let us plant the seeds of HOPE all around us.

Galatians 6:8: For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life (NKJV).

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