The Treasure Hunter

A blog by Joanne Yatvin


Just yesterday, I decided to tell all my listeners about the good changes that have come into The WaterMark recently. For several years, many of us have been living alone and doing nothing important to live stronger and have a good life. All most of us like to do is to sit in our apartments sleeping or watching the television. But, now everyone seems to be feeling more hopeful about the future, and desiring some strong positive changes in our communitie.

For instance, the managers of our building have decided that now is the time for them to create good activities for all our healthy residents, hoping that they will improve there personal abilities and interests enough to feel strong and eager to live for the future. But, some of them are still using much of their time to eat meals, roam around our building, or just stay inside there apartments because they feel the available activities are not good enough for them to join. In addition, many of those who are already growing old with poor health do not believe they will have a good place to live anymore. So they spend all their time eating, sleeping, talking or just watching movies in the building’s auditorium.

However, when there is something interesting going on in our building, it is likely to be a game with prizes, a big food party, or a good movie. And recently, a few new activities have become available to everyone interested in improving their health. And some new health specialists have come into our building regularly to teach beginners how to move their bodies safely, walk without falling, and they now no longer need a cain for walking.

Because planting flowers outside our building, or dancing in our auditorium may become a reguler experience. Specialists have ben chosen from other places to come to our building every week and help our people to improve their ability to walk safely or use a cain to help them.

I know our leaders are working strongly to bring good health and longer lives to everyone and has helped a lot because now, many of the people who were sitting alone in their apartments regularly have decided to join activities that are difficult but much better for increasing there health. All I can say is that everyone deserves good activities that will help them to live longer and stronger than they were before. Certainly everyone here should have the opportunity to try activities that might move them to live longer and stronger, than they expect and also to enjoy all the time available here in the WaterMark building,

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Recently I have seen the world around us filled with clouds, snow, and human poverty. Our only hope is to produce a strong country again is to work hard as good leaders. With us willing to cooperate, work hard, and help those who are still impoverished we can succeed and make our country great again

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Dear Friends,

I want to apologize for my negative comments on the piece we all read and discussed. What started me off was the difficult form of the story we were given to read. Unfortunately, most of the pages were not marked with numbers and I got lost in all the pieces of writing we received I wound up trying to read the story and it confused me badly because of it’s mixed up pages. Ultimately I just disliked the whole story. But now I admit that there were many good qualities in the piece we read, but I just jumped at the parts that didn’t make me happy. I realize now that I was strongly affected by my difficulty in reading the story. I’m sure I would have ben much more positive if I hadn’t been bothered by pages that did not come to me clearly.

Joanne Yatvin

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A Message to My Friends


My Dear friends,

Today, I am ready to go outside and walk in the streets for the first time in several months. Although I don’t know if it’s warm enough outside, It looks good from my window. And I think it’s ben far too long for me to stay inside every day. It should be good to go out in the sun today because the ground is not icy anymore. But before I go outside I will wright abought a few of my recent experiences for your information

In our home building things are beginning to turn more pleasent for all of us. Although we must still ware our masks when with our frends, we have ben vaccinated twice, already and now we are considered to be safe. So I hope we will soon get rid of the messy masks we must ware every day and be safe without them. My concerns abought masks are not ther cousts or bad smells, but it is very hard for us to understand what people say when they are waring masks. All we can hope for know is that important words will be written and sent to us for reading and remembering. That would certainly help our memory .

It’s really strange that smart people, like me, often forget they’re abilities. And my biggest problems are words I need to speak. When I go shopping I often can’t name the foods or clothing I want to buy. But fortunately I can point them out. Only when I’m alone writing do I remember all the words I need to say, even if I can’t spell them correctly. Actually writing is easier for me than speaking because we then have time to relax and think while no one is watching us.

The worst problem in my apartment is not having enough help from others. Once a week It is cleaned by a pleasant. women, but the rest of the time it’s my job, and I am pretty good at washing my closes, cleaning up any dirt, and putting things away. I also feed my cat every day and clean his place whenever that is needed. My only problem now is that he prefers to sleep in my bed at night rather than in the box I bought for him long ago. And he tends to cuddle me too closely. But at least he doesn’t try to bight me anymore like he did before for no reason .

All of what I’ve discribed today is true. But I wanted to give you a taste of my new world. In many ways it is kind and helpful, but it isn’t an easy place to be wen parts of my body and mind are not working as well as they did before.

P.S Please forgive any misspelled words. I don’t know correct spelling anymore

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Songs to Sing


From this Vally you say you are leaving. Do not hasten to bid me adue. Just remember the Read River valley. And the sweathart who loved you so true.

I have promised you darling that never Will a word from my lips cause you pain, I will stay by your side dear forever If you only will love me again

Come and sit by arm if you love me , Do not hasten to bid me adue Just remember the Read River value And the sweethart who loves you so true.

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, You make me happy when skies are gray. Youl never know dear how much I love you. Please don’t take my sunshine away

The other knight dear when I was sleeping, I dreamt I held you in my arms, When I awoke dear I was mistaken, I just held my head and cried

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are gray’. You’l never know dear how much I love you. Please don’t take the sunshine away.

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Give my regards to Broadway, Remember me to Herald square. . Tell all the boys at forty second street that I will soon be there Tell them of how I’m yearning to mingle with the old time crowd Just tell them xxxx and I’ll be there here soon

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Oh, I ain’t got a barrel of money, Maybe its ragged and funny. But we’ll travel along singing a song , side by side.

Oh we don’t know what’s coming tomorrow. Maybe it’s. trouble and sorrow. But we’ll travel along singing a song, side by side.

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On top of old Smokey all covered with snow, I Lost my true lover come a courtin to slow Though courtin is pleasure and parting is grief A false harted lover is worse than a thief.

He’ll hug you and kiss you and But a false harted lover will leave you in your grave. And the grave will decay you and turn you to dust, But a false harted lover will bring you to rust,

So come all you maidens and listen to me, Never leave your affection on a green willow tree. For the tree it will wither and turn into dust But a false harted lover will give you no trust

He’ll hug you and kiss you and bring you to lust, But a false hearted lover will turn you to dust. So come all you maidens and listen to me, Never leave your affections on a green willow tree.

For the tree it will wither and turn into dust Not more than one-man a poor girl can trust

On top of old smokey all covered with snow
I lost my true lover for courting too slow
For courting’s a pleasure and parting’s a grief But a false harted lover is worse than a thief

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