Need some uplifting news? Meet these three seniors who are remaining upbeat despite the coronavirus pandemic
In this historic moment, the free world is led by a man whose greatest talent is to divide, mock, insult, alienate.Marian SachsShe reads, and reads, and reads. She always has, but now there’s more time than ever with outings and social gatherings curtailed.Advertisement
Two months ago, I wrote about Sachs and her buddy Marion Marx, who were inspired by teenage global warming activist Greta Thunberg. Marian and Marion successfully rallied fellow residents to start eating meatless meals to help save rain forests. At the time I told Sachs I was reading “The Splendid and the Vile,” the Winston Churchill tome by Erik Larson.I’m still digging through the 600-page book. Not Sachs.
“My table is five feet long and we each push our chairs back another foot, so we have at least six feet between us and follow the distancing rules,” Sachs said.“I read until lunch, and then after my nap in the afternoon I read until dinner, and if the book is intriguing I’ll read after dinner until I go to bed,” she said, estimating an average of five or six hours of reading daily.
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