A side benefit (?) for subscribing to Home Chef: 8 bottles of top-grade wine heavily discounted.
Nothing from Sonoita or Willcox, but I guess it will do. We’ll donate these to Julie and Joe since they donated the HC meals to us (as a result of PJ’s Birthday back on May 26th.)
07.07.2020: 0500: After our Webmaster (Julie) came to the rescue, I finally got the pictures aligned with the text and published Maytag Moments a day late.
AN APOLOGY TO Jeanne G.
Thanks for including my birthday celebration in your Maytag Moments. Just one thing – I don’t live in assisted living. My apartment is in Independent living. I hope I never have to go in assisted living, a nursing home, or have a caregiver, but one never knows. So far I have been lucky.
Jeanne.
07.08.2020: No PT for Swombo today. However…She is approved to continue her therapy at Body Central for eight more weeks. She has to go in on Friday instead of Wednesday. We have to adjust our routine slightly.
We walked Park Place Mall at 1000: 2000 steps in thirty minutes. The ice cream stand wasn’t open, yet, when we passed on the way to our car. Daaayyyumm!.
I finally published MM for last week a day late.
07.09.2020: 0515: YISKA! The temperature is 84º.
We put 1600 steps on our pedometer from 1000 to 1030 this morning. Picked up some fresh items from Sprouts and spent the rest of the time at home writing (for Sam) (He’s writing prose poetry.) and editing (by PJ). It is now 1400 @ 103º and I’m going to rest for a while.
Good heavens! I slept for three hours!
07.10.2020: The happy man in this picture is Larry Mann, whose flowers should make everyone smile. We are fortunate to have received seeds for our garden and have pictured the results from time to time in Maytag Moments. It’s no wonder he and Virginia have smiles: They can start their day with blessings from his garden.
Ana Felix offers her Good Morning Sun to start the day from her Van Gogh Garden.
07.12.2020: 0415: All sleeping is over. Checked the yard for items blown around. Except for a couple of items in the back yard, all seems secure. Back to writing while everything is quiet. DRAGON is on the fritz again and I’m having to push my keys a little slower than I care to.
07.13.2020: 0500: Writing. Geeks2You will fix Dragon (I hope) by phone tomorrow at 0900. Wish us luck.
We end on a serious note from
Ward2
6:13 PM (1 hour ago)
Click the link below to read Paul Cunningham’s Weekly Update:
https://www.tucsonaz.gov/ward-2/weekly-update-july-13th-2020
Paul’s Note – July 13, 2020
Posted July 13, 2020
Note: I am sorry that I was not able to get out my weekly update on Friday due to technical issues. Also, we will soon be changing the way that the newsletter is sent to your email. You shouldn’t notice the difference, but I wanted to let you know.
We’ve had a difficult couple of weeks in Tucson. While there were various reasons why the council, and more importantly the public, was not informed immediately about deaths in TPD custody, I appreciate Chief Magnus taking the initiative to release this information as soon as it could be compiled. We need to be sensitive to the families of the decedents and acknowledge their pain and loss. These incidents illustrate the challenges our first responders face on a daily basis. In examining each issue individually, we should discuss what strategies and philosophies need to be altered to protect the community. Most importantly, each one of these situations is unique and should be evaluated on a case by case basis.
A member of my staff is serving on the Sentinel Event Review Board that is looking in to two of these incidents. I will let you know what the results are when that is complete, and we will act on their recommendations.
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There were nearly 27,000 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in Arizona during the most recent seven-day period available, according to a data analysis by Capitol Media Services. That’s nearly 3,700 new infections this past week for every 1 million Arizona residents. That’s higher than any state in the country and any other country in the world, according to a separate analysis this week by The New York Times. As of last Thursday, July 9, Arizona is now recording 112,671 positive coronavirus cases, with 4,057 new cases reported on Thursday. The total number of cases includes people who have recovered. Of that number, 10,835 cases are in Pima County. There have now been 2,038 COVID-19 deaths in Arizona, and 313 of those occurred in Pima County.
This Saturday, the Star ran a story with a chilling headline: Tucson’s funeral homes ‘close to running out of rooms’, because of coronavirus deaths. Please, take this seriously.
I appreciate Tucson Fire taking the lead to facilitate testing for our employees and eventually the general public. I think the bigger task has been to ensure we are properly collaborating the county, the university, and our local health care providers and not duplicate efforts. This is a situation that changes every day. Communication is essential.
As we continue to expand our testing efforts, there are many local organizations offering testing. The Arizona Department of Health Services keeps an updated list of nearly 300 drug stores and health facilities that offer testing in the state, 47 of them are in Pima County. You can find that list on their website.
The City of Tucson maintains an up-to-date COVID-19 website that includes information for businesses, residents, and even activities for kids.
Our blog goes to a few who don’t have computer access. I think it’s worth printing for you.
Wear masks!