PORTRAITS by Shirley Keller
FAMILY THROUGH THE EYES OF AN ARTIST AND WRITER : Shirley A. Blair Keller ©2022 From left to right: Levi, Skye and Ford Jones, and Granny. The event is to celebrate the marriage of Skye and Molly Jones, Long Beach, CA. I sat at a table with their grandfather Buddy, step-grandmother Lori, daughter-in-law Carla, and granddaughter Annie Mae. The grandsons grabbed both hands and pulled me up a step to a chair, sat me down, and posed behind me for the official photographer. JOY! That is the only word that comes close to what I was feeling. ARTS WITH ELDERS As the pandemic became a reality of life in isolation, I was contacted by family who lived in the Bay Area. Some of them lived in a retirement community that held art classes for elders. Artists taught classes in not only retirement communities but in hospitals and full time care homes.The organization that sponsors these classes is Arts With Elders. The fear of the contagious virus was every where. The ...