Red Hatters for June 2023

There are many pictures in this piece so I apologize in advance if some of them did no come through.

Here it is the month of June and summer is here so we headed out to Tewksbury on

June 1st. to visit Public Health Museum.

Dave was our guide, and what a great journey through the past into today's medicine and health care.

The Tewksbury Hospital was originally a home for many people that were poor or had no families in the 1800's. The area buildings were , and still are functional as office building's with underground tunnels connecting all the buildings

There are no patients any longer but the buildings stand as a memorial to all the medical achievements done in Massachusetts

The Public Health Museum is an independent 501(c)3 organization, housed
in the historic Richard Morris building (also known as the Old
Administration Building) of Tewksbury Hospital in Massachusetts. The
Museum strives to preserve artifacts and records of our nation’s history
in public health and serve as a resource to the community to educate
and promote public health initiatives that address current health
issues.

Our guide David is very knowledgeable having been a Medical director in Arizona for many years.

The things we saw brought back things before our lifetime and things still being used for health care and infectious diseases.

There was a school here for anyone that wanted to attend.

Annie Sullivan entered the classes at the facility with poor eyes. She finally was admitted to the Perkins Institute for the Blind and in 1887 became the governess and life time companion to a 6 year old Helen Keller.

The Iron Lung seen here was a reminder for those of us that have reached the years of remembering. A tough time for people that had to spend months and years confined to this machine to keep them breathing because of being afflicted with Polo.

There were displays of medicines used "way back in time" that cured almost anything; and one you might even remember.

It was an educational and enlightening tour, that left us thankful for all the work being done in the health industry every day.

Our lunch was at a new spot for us. We took a chance at T J Callahan Pub in Tewksbury and we were pleasantly surprised. Great atmosphere, food and service. Definitely a place to go back to.

On June 10th. three of us went to see Cirque De Soleil at the Agganis Center in Boston. And it was a circus!

There were jugglers...

And a actor walking a ladder to the sky...

There were acrobats on the swinging bars; crossing each other and missing by a milometer..

There were in the air actors being tossed from one platform across the space to another platform.

And one of the members of the group was floating on balloons being pushed around by the members of the audience.

It was a bring back to childhood kind of performance...Delightful, beautiful and fun to watch.

Lunch was at Grimsby's and that is always good too. And next.....

June 25th and the Regal Players in Waltham have opened their doors after 3 long years. The play was Oklahoma!

WOW what a great show. The story full of cowboys, farmers, and romance. Music we could hum to with words we remembered. A wonderful experience and a great venue.

Lunch/dinner was at the Chateau in Waltham and it has been a long time since we had been there. Food was great with take home boxes for everyone.

June 27th..and our always go to performance of Sheryl Faye..

It’s National Helen Keller Day and what a better way to celebrate her birthday than with a theatrical performance by Sheryl Faye! The program is written from Helen’s mind eye. The story

is told on a taped voice over as Helen reenacts her full life from her
childhood through her discovery of language when she was seven years old
to the writing of her twelve books. Sheryl will show the audience how Helen
speaks and reads in Braille, and her story continues through her
graduation from college. Helen's moods as she coped with her disabilities

as an angry child.

This is one of our most unique, very special
programs which helps us to understand and accept the different ways
people do the same things and inspires them to be the best they can be
with the talents they possess.

This show was at the Needham Senior Center and Sheryl turned herself into Helen Keller Voice, mannerisms and her appearance were real to all in the audience. Outstanding performance! If you ever have the chance to see Sheryl Faye don't miss it.

Our dinner was back in Reading at the Longhorn Steak house where the food has always, and still is,very good.

A place that we go back to whenever we are in the area.

That's it for June...take care, try to keep busy and be Red Hat Happy.