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Robert and Barbara Buchanan in the studio in their home.

Chicago’s Christmas Magic

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By Alicia Morrissey

Something about Barbara Pillette caught Robert Buchanan’s eye at an artshow in Mount Gretna in 1981. Maybe it was her beautiful artwork, orperhaps it was her kind smile. Either way, neither of them had any idea whatwas in store for them at the moment their eyes locked.

“She was in one booth and I was in another,” Robert reminisced. “Ihelped her carry her work out to her car.”

After that sweet gesture, Robert and Barbara began dating, despite thetwo-hour commute it took to see each other. A couple of years later, theytied the knot. After that, the two artists had to figure out how to mesh notonly their lives, but also their artistic styles and habits.

“I always have to have music on—Barb doesn’t,” Robert said.“I enjoy music, but I do like complete quiet,” Barbara agreed.Laughing, Robert added, “Barb cooperates. She just acquiesces.”Despite their differing preferences for work environment, Robert and

Barbara have found they coexist quite well. They both continued to thrive intheir artwork, often asking each other advice on how to improve a piece.

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Chester County Edition December 2013 Vol. 10 No. 12

Dear Savvy Senior,Can you recommend some easy-to-use

television remote controls for seniors? I gotmy 74-year-old mother a new HDTV forher birthday, but the remote control is veryconfusing for her to operate.– Shopping Son

Dear Shopping,It seems like most television remote

controls today come with dozens ofunnecessary buttons that make them veryconfusing to operate.

Add in the fact that many people usetwo or three remotes to operate theirhome entertainment equipment (TV,cable box, VCR, DVD player, etc.) and itcompounds the problem even further.

Fortunately, there are several universalTV remotes available today that arespecifically designed for seniors and thetechnically challenged. These remotecontrols have bigger buttons and fewer

options that makethem much easier tosee, program, andoperate.

Simplified RemotesTwo popular

senior-friendlyproducts to considerare the FlipperRemote and theSuper Remote SR3.

The Flipper(www.flipperremote.com) worksall major TVs,including cable,satellite, and digitalTV receiver boxeswith only one remote.

Available for $25, it offers a tapereddesign that makes it easy to hold, and forsimplicity it has only six large, color-

coded buttons thatare exposed (on/off,channel up anddown, volume upand down, andmute).

All other buttonsare accessed bysliding the toppanel down, so theywon’t get in the wayduring day-to-dayTV watching.

Flipper also hasan optional featurethat lets youprogram up to 30of your mom’sfavorite channels

for easy access.The Super Remote SR3 from

Universal Remote Control, Inc. (soldthrough Amazon.com for around $13) isa slightly more sophisticated, user-friendly remote that can control threedevices: TVs, cable or satellite boxes, andDVD players.

It offers a lightweight, ergonomicdesign; large, easy-to-see numericbuttons, each in the shape of the numberit represents; and a centrally located “mybutton” that gives your mom the abilityturn on the TV and set the tuner to herfavorite channel with a single buttonpress.

It also provides four “favorite” buttonsfor one-touch access to her favoritechannels and an “all off ” button that letsher shut down the entire home-entertainment system with a singlebutton press.

Super-Sized RemotesThere are also a number of oversized

TV remotes that are ideal for seniorswith vision problems.

The Tek Partner, Big Button, and TekPal remotes, all made by the Hy-TekManufacturing Company(www.bigbuttonremotes.com, (630) 466-7664) in Sugar Grove, Ill., are three solidoptions to consider.

If you’re interested in an extra-largeremote control, the $40 Tek Partner—which is 5.5 inches wide and 8.5 incheslong—is their biggest. It offers huge,brightly lit buttons with big, readablecharacters and a narrowed center (3.5inches), which makes it easy to handlefor a big remote.

It also contains only the essentialfunctions, making it easy to use andprogram, and it operates anycombination of TVs, VCRs, DVDplayers, cable boxes, and satellite dishes.

If you’re looking for something a littlesmaller (2.5 by 9.5 inches) there’s the$25, rectangular-shaped Big Buttonremote that offers the same large andilluminating buttons as the Tek Partnerand the exact same features.

Or, if you only want a basic remotefor the TV, there’s the Tek Pal that comeswith just six large buttons (on/off, mute,channel up and down, and volume upand down buttons) that light up whenpushed.

Available for $19, the Pal will onlywork with televisions that have cablewired directly into the TV.

Jim Miller is a regular contributor to theNBC Today show and author of The SavvySenior Book. www.savvysenior.org

Simple TV Remotes Designed for Seniors

Savvy Senior

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Christmas Traditions: The Real Story

The December holidays are a time tohonor traditions handed down over thecenturies.

You might be surprised to learn thatmany Christmas customs actuallyoriginated in older traditions and pagancelebrations. Here’s a quick look:

Christmas Day. Dec. 25 wasdesignated as Christmas Day by PopeSaint Julius I in the fourth century,reflecting a decision to combine severalpagan festivities into one Christiancelebration.

Dec. 25 previously marked theRoman Saturnalia, as well as thepurported birth date of Mithra, thePersian sun god, and the mythical firstappearance of the Norse god Odin to theworld.

Food anddrink. Parties,overeating,and generalmayhem arealso related tothe Saturnalia.This Romanfestival wasnamed forSaturn, anagriculturegod, and wascelebratedwith feastingand generalrevelry.

Christmas pudding. The Celtscelebrated their god of the harvest by

making a potof porridge andstirring it forhim. Later,plum puddingwas made byadding prunesto the porridge,which evolvedinto what wenow know asChristmaspudding.

Traditionsays that eachmember of thefamily should

stir the pot in an east-west manner (asthe sun moves across the sky). Flamingbrandy poured onto the pudding is also a

symbol of the sun’s energy.

Christmas stockings. The firstChristmas stocking was supposedlyderived from the charity of a kindlyTurkish bishop, who slipped a bag ofgold into the stocking of a girl in need ofa dowry.

Christmas trees. DecoratingChristmas trees has its origins inGermany. During the winter, thepopulace wanted to encourage tree spiritsto return to the trees and reawaken themin the spring.

The practice originally focused on oaktrees but later came to be associated withfir trees by Christians, who associated thetriangle outline of the firs with the HolyTrinity.


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Tom McInnes served twotours in Vietnam … andfound out that no one was

ever really safe there, not evenchaplains.

Of course, there was the everydayreality that the Viet Cong wore nouniforms and looked like everyother Vietnamese person, whiletheir fondest wish was to slit yourthroat if they ever had the chance.That was enough to give you thefeeling that every day might be yourlast.

But for McInnes, something elseoccurred that was not at allexpected.

On his first Vietnam tour in1963, he was a chaplain assigned tothe 9th Assistance Advisory Group.One of his main efforts was to helpthe Vietnamese people in any wayhe could—which, as it turned out,didn’t help him a whole lot.

One day, he was to help in takingfood to the Vietnamese in a small,nearby village. He was to travel by“Jeepster” (an enclosed Jeep thatcarried people and cargo) with a GIdriver, a gunner, and a Green Beretmedic officer who could speakFrench and thus could speak tosome of the Montagnard peoplethey intended to help.

Four 100-pound sacks of ricewere squeezed into the Jeepster andheld the quantities of rice that wereto be distributed to the ill-fedMontagnard people, who were ourallies. McInnes explains that,although the Montagnards wereVietnamese, they were a lot like ourNative Americans.

“Just as the Apaches were separatefrom the Cherokees,” he says, “sowere the Montagnards from eachother, with different tribes havingtheir own language, dress, andculture. But, because of the previousFrench occupation of their land, afew of them spoke a little French,and that’s where the French-speaking medic came in.”

As their loaded Jeepster starteddown the steep hill from their camp,they suddenly found they had nobrakes. During the night, the Viet

Cong had apparently severed thelines to the brakes, so they barreleddown the hill, continuing to gatherspeed until they came to a hairpinturn and an even steeper drop at thebottom.

There the Jeepster took off,hurtling through the air and comingto a crashing halt on its back, withmen and rice bags piled one on topof another.

“There were plenty of strains andbruises,” he says, “but, fortunately,nobody needed to be hospitalized.”

His tour of duty was for only ayear, and he was the only Protestantchaplain in the 2nd Corps, whichspanned an area about half the sizeof New Jersey. He routinely flew inhelicopters of all kinds to holdservices in the field and to work tohelp the local Vietnamese.

He did counseling and alsoadvised the commander on morale.He enjoyed serving as a sort ofombudsman for the troops, hearingtheir complaints and serving theirinterests.

The year passed rather quickly,and he was returned to Fort Dix,N.J., where he served for two yearsbefore his second one-year tour inVietnam in 1967.

Before joining the military,McInnes had graduated from high

school in Buffalo and then had twoyears at Rochester University, wherehe was working toward a degree inchemistry. And it was there that heenlisted in the Army Air Corps in1946 and served for 18 monthsbefore being discharged in August1947.

He had remained in the Reserve,however, and after he enteredHoughton College for his junioryear, he was recalled for 21 months.He was then discharged as a staffsergeant and was able to return toHoughton to finish his senior year.

It was then that he felt the call tothe ministry. So, in 1953 he enteredEastern Baptist Seminary inPhiladelphia, graduating with aBachelor of Divinity degree. Therehe also became an Army secondlieutenant before his graduation as achaplain in 1957. After serving as afirst lieutenant in the Reserve, hewas recalled to active duty in 1962as a captain and served as a chaplainat Fort Belvoir before going toVietnam.

He smiles as he recalls that theynoted that on his “dream list,” hehad said that he would like to servein exotic places like Hawaii orThailand.

“The interviewing officer said, ‘Isee you said you’d like to serve inThailand. Well, you’re getting yourwish. We’re sending you toVietnam, just a little east ofThailand, where you picked to be.’”

So he was off to Vietnam, wherehe was assigned to the 9th AssistanceAdvisory Group … and where hiscareer almost ended in the sabotageto his Jeepster.

After his one-year tour there, hewas glad to be back in the U.S.,where he spent two years at FortDix before being returned toVietnam for his second one-yeartour. After returning to the U.S., hethen shipped to Germany for dutyduring the occupation.

Returning to the U.S. in 1972,he entered the chaplain’s school atFort Hamilton, N.Y., to earn hismaster’s degree. And after service atother bases, he was assigned to

The Viet Cong Kept FindingNew Ways to Kill You

Robert D. Wilcox

Salute to a Veteran

Lieutenant ColonelThomas J. McInnes in 1972,

home from Germany

To mark the International Day ofOlder Persons in 2012, severalorganizations, including some

United Nation agencies, collaborated in areport entitled “Ageing in the Twenty-First Century: A Celebration and aChallenge.”

That intriguing title provokes one toquestion: What is there to celebrateabout aging, and what are the challenges?The report limited examination ofcelebration and challenge to a singleperspective: “access to, and enjoyment of,the full range of human rights.”

Let us look at a broader spectrum ofchallenges and the silver linings on theshadow of aging that we care tocelebrate. Human rights, which weseniors generally enjoy as Americans, areleft aside.

From our own personal experienceswe can easily identify several physical,mental, and social challenges commonlyassociated with aging, some of whichworsen as age increases. What werecognize less easily is that most elderlyAmericans are self-reliant, leadingcontent and productive lives.

The American PsychologicalAssociation’s report (April 1998), from its“Working Group on the Older Adult,”states that only 9 percent of thosebetween ages 65 and 69 need personalassistance, while up to 50 percent ofthose over 85 need assistance witheveryday activities. The implication isthat fewer than half of those over 85 maynot need personal assistance.

The comforting data for those under85 are supported in detail by the federalgovernment’s Administration on Aging inits report “A Profile of Older Americans– 2011.” The profile shows that for non-institutionalized elderly ages 65-74, 6percent have difficulty bathing orshowering, 5 percent have difficultydressing, 2 percent eating, 9 percentgetting in/out of bed, and 17 percentwalking.

For those ages 75-84, the respective

percentages are14, 10, 4, 15,and 28 percent.The statisticaloddssignificantlyfavor the absenceof suchdependencies forthose under theage of 85.

Before our celebration carries us toofar, one should acknowledge thecommonly reported challenges of aging.They include diminished hearing andvision, higher blood pressure, diabetes, adecrease in muscle mass, and, on averageby the age of 80, a loss of 2 inches inheight and almost half of our sense ofsmell.

For most of us, these are limitationswith which we can function adequately,thanks to prescribed health products andservices and to an increased capacity tocope with routine adversities.

Seniors 65 years of age and olderapparently are more satisfied with theirlives than those in the 50-64 age group.This is the conclusion of a survey askedof respondents, aged 50 years or older, inall 50 states, conducted in 2006 by theCenters for Disease Control andPrevention in its study “The State ofMental Health and Aging in America:Life Satisfaction” (2006).

Nationally, 5.8 percent of respondentsin the 50-64 age group said they were“dissatisfied” or “very dissatisfied” withtheir life. Only 3.5 percent of respondentsamong those 65 years or older said theywere dissatisfied or very dissatisfied.

The two states having the highestpercentages of dissatisfied or verydissatisfied respondents, among those 65years or older, were California (4.7percent) and New Jersey (4.6 percent).Hawaii (1.8 percent) and Iowa (2.1percent) had the lowest percentages forthis age group.

In every state, the 50-64 age group

had higherpercentages ofthose dissatisfiedthan the 65 orolder group.

The elderlymay have morehealth issues thanthose younger,but they find

more satisfaction with life. A UnitedKingdom publication, The Telegraph,cited research that “the elderly brain hasthe ability to let negative memories fademore quickly than the young.”

Other studies, reported by the samesource, found that “older adults reportless distress than other age groups … andemotional happiness improves with age.”

It seems true, as John Webster wrote(Westward Ho) in 1607, “Old wood doesburn brighter.”

Walt Sonneville, a retired market-researchanalyst, is the author of My 22 Cents’ Worth:The Higher-Valued Opinion of a SeniorCitizen and A Musing Moment: MeditativeEssays on Life and Learning, books ofpersonal-opinion essays, free of partisan andsectarian viewpoints. Contact him [email protected].

Silver Linings on Our Aging Shadow

My 22 Cents’ Worth

Walt Sonneville

“... emotional happinessimproves with age.”


Aberdeen Proving Grounds for two yearsand retired as a colonel in 1979, havingserved his country for 33 years.

McInnes now lives in a retirement

community in Central Pennsylvania,after a man he taught in a Bible classgave McInnes a ton of material extollingthe wonders of the area.

“My wife, Ruth, and I came to look itover and couldn’t imagine a morewonderful place to live,” McInnes grins.“So, we came here, and we wouldn’t

trade it for any other place in the world.”

Colonel Wilcox flew a B-17 bomber inEurope in World War II.

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Mohs Method a Viable Optionfor Skin-Cancer Surgery

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Gloria May, M.S., R.N., CHES

My friend Mike is a workingactor, so when a suspicious-looking growth on his cheek,

up near his right eye, was diagnosed as aform of skin cancer, and his doctor toldhim it had to be removed, Mike wasunderstandably out of his mind withworry.

His face, after all, is a big part of hisability to earn a living, and he was “notready to play monsters or slasher victims,”he said.

Mike asked me if I knew anythingabout what he thought was a “moze.” Hesaid he remembered his doctor saidsomething that sounded like that, butthat at the time, Mike was just notlistening and now was embarrassed tohave to ask the doctor to repeat himself.

Whenever a bump or lump or any areaof damaged tissue needs to be taken out,the surgeon also removes some of thesurrounding area as well, closes the

wound, and then sends the whole sectionto a pathologist.

That specialist examines it under amicroscope and then, weeks later, sendsthe surgeon a “pathreport” that ideallyshows that the“margins are clear.”Only then can thesurgeon confidentlytell the patient, “Igot it all.”

The problem withthis traditional two-step method is that not only does thepatient have to wait weeks to find out ifthe surgery was successful, but there isalso the potential for two unfavorableoutcomes: The patient may have toundergo further surgery because thesurgeon didn’t, in fact, remove all theinvolved area, or the patient may havehad a larger area removed than was really

necessary and thus he may have been leftwith a cosmetically unsatisfying result.

Here’s where the Mohs surgical methodcomes in.

This specializedprocedure isn’t somenew kid on thesurgical block. It wasdeveloped in the1930s by Dr. FredericMohs, but as its usetoday is limited toskin cancers, it isn’twell known among

the general public. A Mohs-trained surgeon is also skilled

in pathology, and he himself is able toexamine the tissue he has removed. Thismeans he can make make sure, right thereon the spot, that he took out enough togive the patient a very high probability ofa cure, and it also means he can see whento stop before he takes too much around

the target area. This procedure is a slower process (slice

by slice, so to speak), but it leads to a veryhigh cure rate and a better cosmeticresult.

While the same surgeon can do theclosing, sew up the area, and evenevaluate the area, many times a plastic(reconstructive) surgeon comes in toassist, especially on areas involving the lipsor the nose, areas with curves and folds.This often leads to an even better result.

Mohs is not for every kind of skincancer, and that’s something your doctorcan explain. However, the Mohsprocedure is certainly an approach that isworth discussing, and not just for thosefor whom “their faces are their fortunes,”as they say.

Gloria May is a registered nurse with amaster’s degree in adult health education anda Certified Health Education Specialistdesignation.

“This procedure is a

slower process, but it

leads to a very high

cure rate and a better

cosmetic result.

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Older But Not Wiser

My daughter, Ann, gave birth lastweek to a beautiful baby girl.Ann was in labor for 29 hours,

which is longer than I held my first job. In the middle of the night (while Ann

was still in labor), my wife, Wanda, andAnn’s husband, Edward, fell asleep. Justmy daughter and I were up.

So in the semi-darkness of the room,where the only light was coming from thehospital monitors in the background, wetalked. We talked about importantmatters:

“So you’re having a baby,” I said.“You figured that out, huh, Dad?”OK, it wasn’t a great start, but this was

my time to pass on some knowledge tomy daughter, to share my years ofwisdom. However, for some reason Iwent into this rambling monologue aboutjust one event:

“I remember when you were growingup, we always tried to make you feel very

special. We treated you like you were thecenter of the universe, but we couldn’tstop the world from sometimes changingthat.

“When you were about 5 years old, Itook you to this children’s show wherethis guy, who was playinga guitar, was takingrequests from the kids inthe audience. And youkept yelling that youwanted to hear ‘Itsy BitsySpider,’ but he didn’t payany attention to you andyou started to cry. I meancry so loudly they couldhear you in outer space.

“So I took you into the lobby andhugged you tightly. And Ann, I wantedto maturely explain to you that eventhough you were very special, there arepeople who won’t treat you that way andthat maybe they’ll even ignore you, but

that’s OK; it’s not a big deal and it’s theirloss.

“Instead, I told you that the guyplaying the guitar was a stupid, doo-doo-headed jerk. OK, that probably wasn’t themost mature thing to say, but I would do

it again. “Anyway, Ann, the

point is—and I do havea point; it just takes mea while to get to it—isthat there will be timeswhen you unfortunatelycan’t protect yourdaughter from theinsensitivity of theoutside world, but if you

raise her right and love her enormously,she’ll be able to handle it. And yourbackup position is to call those insensitivepeople doo-doo heads.”

It was a long-winded story, and itdidn’t really make that much sense, but it

seemed to take Ann’s mind off of thelabor.

The next day, Ann gave birth. I, ofcourse, wasn’t in the delivery room.Edward, the father, had that honor. Also,I was afraid I would faint.

The next day, Ann and Edwardofficially named their daughter. Aftermuch debate, they decided to name herSummer. And it has become the season ofSummer.

Two days later, I held Summer for thefirst time. I was a little afraid because sheis so small and fragile. She weighs 6pounds, 15 ounces, which we roundedup to 7 pounds. I guess in a few yearswe’ll round up her IQ to genius level.

I whispered in Summer’s ear that I’lltake her to the movies and the park, andI’ll feed her ice cream even though herparents tell me not to. And then I startedsinging to her. Of course I sang “ItsyBitsy Spider.”

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The day is frosty cold, and Isay a silent thanks to theunknown goose that

donated his feathers to fill myparka.

My husband hands me a mugfilled with Glühwein. The hot,spicy drink burns my throat in anice, cinnamonny way and, as thename implies, makes me glow withholiday cheer.

We, along with several hundredother folks, are braving the weatherat Christkindlmarket, Chicago’slargest open-air Christmas festival.The atmosphere is distinctlyEuropean, with chalet-style stallsoffering a mind-boggling selectionof Alpine delicacies and crafts.

We taste-test a variety of wursts,schnitzels, strudels, and chocolates andgaze longingly at the imported cuckooclocks and nutcrackers. I buy a smallornament for my brother, but, like most

of the Christkindlmarket crowd, I’mmore interested in having fun than inseriously shopping.

Afterward, well fortified with anothermug of Glühwein, we move on to “TheLoop,” where we walk along streets linedwith government buildings, museums,

theaters, public art, parks, restaurants,skyscrapers, and, yes, retail establishmentsboth big and small.

But again, we’re not here to shop.We’re here to see the former MarshallField’s, which was once one of the mostrenowned and most innovative

department stores in the world. It offered the first bridal registry,

the first personal shoppingassistants, the first department-storerestaurants, and the first escalatorsand was the first store to createholiday window displays for thesole purpose of spreading joy.

This holiday tradition, whichbegan in the early 1870s, holds truetoday. There are no windows filledwith glitzy clothes, new appliances,or tempting foods, no attempt tolure folks to the cash register. Thedisplays are meant to bring smiles,not to extract cash. Now how niceis that?

When, in 2005, after a series ofcorporate changes, the iconic storewas acquired by May Company, the

terms included the requirement thatmany Marshall Field’s traditions becontinued.

So although the Chicago store, whichis the third largest department store inthe world, now goes by the name of

Chicago’s Christmas Magic

The mall at Water Tower Placedraws crowds with a

combination of festivedecorations and popular stores.

Bugles herald the holidayseason on State Street.

Diners at Macy’s historicWalnut Room sit under a

45-foot-tall tree.


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Macy’s on State Street, their Christmaswindows continue to delight hundreds ofonlookers.

We walk slowly, carefully admiringeach animated scene, and then enter thestore to view the celebrated domedceiling that’s made of more than 1.6million pieces of iridescent glass.Designed by Louis Tiffany in 1907 andhand-set over a two-year period, it’s aglorious mosaic of serpentine swirls andgraceful ovals in tones of amber, blue,and gold with touches of red.

I stare in awe until my neck begins tohurt, after which we take the escalator upto the fifth floor, where I can see thedetails more clearly.

Eventually we make our way to thehistoric Walnut Room, known for theclassic chicken potpie that was firstserved in 1907. As always during theChristmas season, a 45-foot treefestooned with more than 1,000ornaments brightens the room.

We try to get a table, but no luck. Therestaurant doesn’t take reservations, andthe wait, according to the very nicehostess, will be more than an hour.

Instead we satisfy our hunger bypurchasing—and devouring—someFrango chocolates. The minty truffleshave been associated with the store sinceMarshall Field’s acquired the originalcandy company in the late 1920s.

Although they are no longer made in-store, in my mind there’s no doubt aboutit: Chocolate beats chicken potpie anyseason of the year!

Our final stop is at the Museum ofScience and Industry, which hosts

Christmas Around the World, an annualexhibit that celebrates the world’s—andChicago’s—cultures and traditions. Thefirst such display took place in 1942when Chicagoans of all ethnicitieswanted to show that they supported

America’s World War II allies. The museum placed a single pine tree

in the rotunda, and volunteersrepresenting various nationalities changedthe decorations on a daily basis. Theresult: a rotating display that honoreddiversity as well as community.

In the 70-plus years since then, thatsingle pine has morphed into a 50-treeexhibit that lasts from mid-Novemberuntil the end of December.

We walk slowly, admiring theornaments on each tree. The treerepresenting Kenya is adorned with woodanimal carvings. The one from Denmarkis laden with woven hearts, while the onefrom Bosnia-Herzegovina has miniaturedolls and skis.

And on it goes … Russianmatryoshkas (nested dolls), Romaniansnowmen … an international display foran international city.

As we head back to our hotel, agentleman who is sitting behind me onthe train begins humming an old FrankSinatra lyric, “Chicago is my kind oftown.” My sentiments exactly.

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The display at Chicago’s Museum ofScience and Industry features trees thatrepresent Chicago’s—and the world’s—

various cultures.

Hot spiced wine helps people stay warmas they enjoy Christkindlmart.

Macy’s window displays capture themagic of Christmas.

Occasionally, Robert and Barbaracombine their distinctive skills and createa work of art together. When they dothis, Robert does the basic paintingbefore letting Barbara take over with thedetails. Robert prefers to work inwatercolor and oil; Barbara prefers towork in pastel and oil.

They both do a lot of realism andfrequently paint general scenes, such asfarmhouses or nature scenes. They havefound people have a connection withthose pieces because the scene remindsthem of their childhood home or a placethey used to vacation.

Even though Robert and Barbara areboth successful painters now, theirjourneys to their success were quitedivergent.

In his undergraduate years, Robertstudied illustration at University of theArts in Philadelphia. Later in 1990, hegot his master’s degree in illustrationfrom Syracuse University.

Robert has truly been making a namefor himself through his work. He hasreceived numerous awards, has beenpublished countless times, and isincluded in many collections, such as hispieces in the corporate collection at The

Eastman-KodakCorporationand in TheHarley-DavidsonMuseum.

In additionto creatingpieces forothers toenjoy, Roberthas also beensharing hisknowledgethroughteaching. Formore than 30years, he hastaughtcourses infine art,illustration,painting, andlife drawingat the ArtInstitute ofYork.

Histeachings and

work have notgoneunappreciated;the school’s artstudio wasrecentlynamed theRobert E.BuchananIllustrationStudio.

It is hiswork as ateacher, out ofall the honorsandrecognitions,that Robertdeems hisgreatestaccomplish-ment. He feelspride inknowing hehelpedstudents get astart to asuccessfulcareer byincreasing

their knowledge of the field and honingtheir skills.

Barbara’s background, on the otherhand, hasn’t always included painting.For 24 years she worked in graphicdesign, and before that, she took a two-year course in fashion illustration at theArt Institute of Pittsburgh.

It wasn’t until 2000, when the YorkArt Association contacted her to teachdrawing classes, that she began doing arton a regular basis. Once she started, shedidn’t rest. She stopped doing graphicdesign and began teaching and paintingfull time.

Barbara taught at the Lancaster

Museum of Art for a few years and hasdone a great amount of commission workfor a variety of clients, includingPfaltzgraff and the Hope Lodge inHershey.

“Art is the focus of my life now,”Barbara said. “The older I get, thestronger my desire to create in the formof painting becomes.”

Aging seems to have had a great effecton Barbara’s confidence as well. As herinterest in painting has increased, so hasher knowledge of the field.

“You have to keep growing and learnnew things,” Barbara said. “There’s alwaysgoing to be more to learn, and I’m nevergoing to learn it all.

“Every time I do a painting, I try todo it better than I did before. Doing theartwork has made me very content andhappy in my life.”

Robert has found that aging has givenhim a new drive to produce artwork.When he was younger, he was impatient;he always wanted to be doing somethingand going somewhere. He was not asmotivated to paint as he is now.

“You know you don’t have forever,”Robert explained. “[Age] drives you alittle harder to realize you want to make astatement.”

When they got married, Barbara andRobert combined not only their love foreach other, but also their love for art.And through their marriage, they savedeach other emotionally.

“My greatest satisfaction,” Robert said,“is I’ve changed and helped one life onthis earth, which is my wife.”

Barbara and Robert will be showingtheir work in December and January atthe Blue Moon Restaurant at 361 W.Market St., York.

For more information, email Robert [email protected], call at (717) 224-0973, or visit www.robertebuchanan.com.


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Beginning in 1895 and continuinguntil 1919, Alice Guy-Blaché—thefirst female filmmaker in history—

directed and produced nearly 300 films.Among her groundbreaking cinemacontributions were:

• One of the first science-fiction films,titled In The Year 2000 (1912), in whichwomen rule the world

• The first director in movie history tomake a narrative film (a fictional storyput to film), The Cabbage Fairy (1896)

• One of the first movies shot in color,The Spring Fairy (1906)

• Some 100 sound movies, all donefrom 1906 to 1907; each movie ran oneto two minutes in length using an earlysound device called the “Chronophone,”which combined sound recorded on awax cylinder with the filmed image

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• Developing the use of “trick” films—for example, audiences were delighted tosee a house demolished and then rebuilton screen (the “trick”: Guy-Blaché ranthe film backward)

Though women have always been apart of film production since itsinception in the late 19th century, theircontributions have been overlooked andunderstated. Here is a glimpse of somefemale pioneers in film.

First millionaire actor, male orfemale. Mary Pickford (1894-1979) wasthe first actor—male or female—tobecome a millionaire. Born in Toronto,Ontario, Pickford began acting at age 5.By her 16th year, she was a major box-office draw, playing leading roles in thesilent-film era.

Though she was affectionatelydescribed as the “girl with the curls” and“America’s sweetheart,” Pickford was anastute businesswoman. She foundedUnited Artists with her husband, DouglasFairbanks, and their mutual friend,Charlie Chaplain. She not only ran the

studio, but also servedas star, director, andproducer.

From 1910through the 1920s,she was often referredto as “the mostfamous woman in theworld.” Pickfordstarred in 52 featurefilms and, at herheight, was paid$10,000 per week.Her career waned asthe silent era came toan end.

First woman todirect, star, coauthor, and produce afilm. Long before Barbra Streisandaccomplished this, there was Lois Weber(1882-1939) from the silent-film era. Ather peak in 1920, this remarkablytalented woman was under contract byParamount Studio for $50,000 perpicture.

Born in Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1881, sheran away from home to pursue a singingcareer in New York. There, she struggledand lived in poverty. Oddly, she found anoutlet for her musical and speakingtalents as a street-corner evangelist inNew York, where she sang hymns anddelivered sermons.

In 1908 she secured a position with afilm studio in Fort Lee, N.J., wherefilmmaking began in this country. Alwayssocially progressive and inclined towardactivism, Weber found the perfectmedium for her social views.

Between 1913 and 1916 she madenearly 50 films, often with a focus onwomen and dealing with controversialsubjects: corruption, birth control,abortion, marriage, divorce, capitalpunishment, and religious hypocrisy. Shewas often in trouble with various citycensorship boards for both her topics andher views.

As film shifted from silent to sound,Weber’s career came to an inglorious end.She is largely forgotten and, sadly, diedalone and penniless at the age of 58.However, for her major contributions tothe motion picture industry, she washonored with a star on the HollywoodWalk of Fame.

Helen Thurston,stuntwoman. As starsbecame more andmore popular withaudiences, studioowners didn’t want torisk their stars beingseriously injured inmovie shots. As aresult, the need forstuntmen and -womenemerged.

One of the earlyand most successfulstuntwomen wasHelen Thurston(1909-1979). Alwaysphysically active and

adept, Thurston was a swimming anddiving champion as a young teen. By 16she joined a traveling acrobatic grouptouring the U.S. and Europe. She endedup in Los Angeles, believing her acrobaticcareer was over.

However, she was discovered by astudio official who asked her if she wasafraid of wild animals. Saying no, she wastold, “That’s good, because you are justKatherine Hepburn’s height, and thestudio is looking for a girl to tease theleopard for her in Bringing Up Baby.”

That was in 1938 and, from then on,she had a highly successful career as astuntwoman. Thurston had a continuousrole in the Jungle Girl series in the 1940s,where she doubled for Francis Gifford,who had the leading role. That meant shehad to tumble from boulders, cliffs, andtrees and swing from vines. Previously,such roles were done by men disguised aswomen.

Across the years, Thurston doubled forall the major female stars of her era: BetteDavis, Joan Bennett, Lucille Ball, andMarlene Dietrich.

June Mathis, screenwriter. A studydone the Writers Guild of Americarevealed that from the beginning of the20th century until the mid-1920s, womenoutnumbered men as screenwriters by 10to one.

From that era, one of the highest-paidscreenwriters and studio executives wasJune Mathis (1892-1927). She began herfilm career after her father’s death. Inorder to help support her mother, she

acted in movies and on the stage. Sensing there was a need for fresh

scripts, she transformed herself into ascreenwriter. Within seven years ofmaking that decision, she had become sovaluable to the MGM Studio that ownerSamuel Goldwyn insured her life for$1,000,000.

Her talent revealed itself when shetook a popular war novel, The FourHorsemen of the Apocalypse, and adapted itfor film after every other major studiohad tried and determined it wasimpossible to adapt.

She persuaded MGM to pay $20,000for the rights, promising she could turn itinto a successful screenplay. Released in1921, it became one of the mostprofitable silent movies ever made.

Mathis continued on, writing morethan 30 highly successful screenplays. Bythe time she was 35, she was the highest-paid studio executives in Hollywood.Sadly, she died in 1927 of a heart attackat the age of 35.

First woman to direct sound films.Dorothy Arzner’s (1900-1979) fatherowned a small café in Hollywood, whereshe met people connected to film.

Her first position was that ofstenographer for William De Mille ofFamous Players. In rapid succession, shewas promoted to script clerk, film cutter,and film editor. Her first directingposition came from Paramount Pictures,where she directed the studio’s first soundfilm, The Wild Party (1929).

During the 1930s, Arzner was the onlyfemale director of that period, directing14 sound films. In 1975, when she was75 years old, the Directors Guild ofAmerica honored her with “A Tribute toDorothy Arzner” in Los Angeles.

From the inception of cinema, womenhave been around and involved in films.Though many of them helped shapedfilmmaking, recognition of their talentand achievement has not been properlyacknowledged.

Yet, their work has not been in vain.Because of them, doors were opened fortoday’s generation of women to enter filmarts as actresses, writers, musicians,editors, directors, producers, and more.

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Ellen, the woman who raised me,had live-in quarters in our 15-room, red-brick house. I do believe

that my mother would have enjoyedtending to me, but she conducted herselfin ways that Caucasian women in hersociety were taught to behave.Nonetheless, I don’t think she liked it.

Within five minutes of Ellen servingdinner in the formal dining room, I’dbecome such a whiny irritant that mymother would let me leave the table andeat supper with Ellen in the kitchen.

We’d talk and laugh and put togethercardboard puzzles while we ate. I betMom would have loved to be excusedfrom the table and have had her mealswith us instead.

In the night, I’d run, frightened, to

Ellen’s room. I’d be afraidto go back to sleep afterhaving a bad dream. She’dsay, “Baby, God gave usdreams so he’d have aplace to talk to us. WhenGod talks to us, there’snothing to be scared of.”

I would then fall asleepnext to her in her bed.Whenever my motherdiscovered me there, shenever made me go back to my bedroom. Ithink she not only loved Ellen, but wasalso happy for me that I received maternallove from someone so wonderful.

Ellen put up with my fidgeting whenshe’d dress me to go to girlfriends’birthday parties. When done, she’d get

me giggling while havingme perform a pirouette.Then I’d do a goofy, long,drawn-out bow to whichshe’d respond byenveloping me in herarms.

I think Mom wouldhave gotten a big kick outof dressing me for parties.I also bet she would havewanted to be the one who

put Mercurochrome on my constantlyscratched knees or who’d raid therefrigerator with me in the night and eatthe tuna noodle casserole right from thebaking pan.

My mother’s main undoing was thatshe was convinced her lot in life was laid

out for her. And that there was not adamned thing that she thought she coulddo about it.

I married someone who was not likemy relatives—not Jewish, not wealthy,not even employed. What did I have thatmy mother didn’t? Love. Happiness. Andsociety’s support that it was OK to makemy own path.

I know that Mom would have beenjust as nurturing as Ellen. I wish for hersake she had known that too.

Saralee Perel is an award-winning, nationallysyndicated columnist. Her new book isCracked Nuts & Sentimental Journeys: StoriesFrom a Life Out of Balance. To find out more,visit www.saraleeperel.com or [email protected].

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Calendar of EventsCoatesville Area Senior Center – (610) 383-690022 N. Fifth Ave., Coatesville – www.cascweb.orgDec. 7, noon to 3 p.m. – Holiday Shopping ExtravaganzaDec. 11, 11:30 a.m. – Holiday Luncheon

Downingtown Senior Center – (610) 269-3939983 E. Lancaster Ave., Downingtown –http://home.ccil.org/~dasc

Great Valley Senior Center – (610) 889-2121 47 Church Road, Malvern

Kennett Area Senior Center – (610) 444-4819427 S. Walnut St., Kennett Square –www.kennettseniorcenter.orgDec. 5, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. – Free Medicare Counseling

ClinicDec. 10, 10 to 11 a.m. – Book Club: The Book Thief by

Markus ZusakDec. 12, 11 a.m. to noon – “Country Christmas” Show

Oxford Senior Center – (610) 932-524412 E. Locust St., Oxford – www.oxfordseniors.org

Phoenixville Area Senior Center – (610) 935-1515153 Church St., Phoenixville –www.phoenixvilleseniorcenter.org

West Chester Area Senior Center – (610) 431-4242 530 E. Union St., West Chester – www.wcseniors.org

Please call or visit the centers’ websites for additional activities.

Support Groups Free and open to the public

Senior Center Activities

Chester County Library Programs

Downingtown Library, 330 E. Lancaster Ave.,Downingtown, (610) 269-2741Dec. 10, 6:30 p.m. – Film ForumDec. 19, 6:30 p.m. – Downingtown Library Writers GroupDec. 24, 1 p.m. – Senior Book Club

Paoli Library, 18 Darby Road, Paoli, (610) 296-7996Mystery Book Club – Call for dates/times

Tuesdays, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.The Wellness Community ofPhiladelphia: Support Group forPeople with CancerThe Cancer Center atPaoli Hospital255 W. Lancaster Ave., Paoli(215) 879-7733

Dec. 3, 2 p.m.Grief Support GroupPhoenixville Senior Center153 Church St., Phoenixville(610) 327-7216

Dec. 4, 6 p.m.Memory Loss and Dementia SupportGroupSunrise Assisted Living of Paoli324 W. Lancaster Ave., Malvern(610) 251-9994

Dec. 5 and 19, 7 p.m.Alzheimer’s Support GroupThe Solana Willistown1713 West Chester PikeWillistown(610) 725-1713

Dec. 9 and 23, 10:30 a.m. to12:30 p.m.Caregiver Support GroupAdult Care of Chester County201 Sharp Lane, Exton(610) 363-8044

Dec. 10 and 24, 5 to 6:30 p.m.Bereavement Support GroupMain Line Unitarian Church816 S. Valley Forge Road, Devon(610) [email protected]; all arewelcome.

Dec. 11, noonFamily Caregiver Support GroupSarah Care425 Technology Drive, Suite 200Malvern(610) 251-0801

Dec. 17, 6 p.m.Family Caregiver Support GroupSunrise of Westtown501 Skiles Blvd., West Chester(610) 399-4464

Chester County Department of Parks and Recreation

www.chesco.org/ccparks

Dec. 14, 10 to 11 a.m. – Winter Dog Hike, Springton Manor Farm

Community Programs Free and open to the public

Dec. 1, 7, and 8, 1 to 5 p.m.Annual Model Railroad OpenHouseSchuylkill Valley Model RailroadClub400 S. Main St., Phoenixville(610) 935-1126www.svmrrc.com

Dec. 3, 11:30 a.m.West Chester University RetireesLuncheonFor restaurant location, pleaseemail [email protected]

Dec. 6, 1 p.m.Treatment Options for Joint PainTel Hai Retirement Community Garrett Community Center1200 Tel Hai Circle, Honey Brook(610) 273-9333

Dec. 7 and 21, 5 to 10 p.m.Bingo NightsMarine Corps League Detachment430 Chestnut St., Downingtown(610) 431-2234

Dec. 13, 1 p.m.Christmas Traditions withMarilyn NettlesTel Hai Retirement Community Garrett Community Center1200 Tel Hai Circle, Honey Brook(610) 273-9333

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What’sHappening?

Happiness May Depend on Where You Live

Are you happy? The answermay depend on where you live.

The United Nations’ WorldHappiness Report measureswell-being across a range ofeconomic, psychological, andstatistical factors.

The United States came inat No. 17 in the 2013 report.

Here are the top 10:

1. Denmark 2. Norway 3. Switzerland 4. Netherlands 5. Sweden 6. Canada 7. Finland

8. Austria 9. Iceland 10. Australia

At the bottom of the list,the five least happy nations areRwanda, Burundi, CentralAfrican Republic, Benin, andTogo.

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