His favorite part of the workshop was watching the group have a good time. You got the feeling that they were enjoying themselves and having fun. Argie Manolis enters the dim cool of LaVillita nursing home in central Phoenix on a hot April Tuesday. In the locked ward, men and women in street clothes and bedroom slippers shuffle quietly between their own rooms and a large sitting area. And there, they sit.
Attendants mop the linoleum around their feet.
She arranges the jars on the table, then waits. This is the second year she's taught these poetry workshops, and Manolis has learned to be patient. I was totally turned off by the idea. Karla Elling begged, and Manolis agreed to give it a try. She loved the idea of community outreach.