ALICE WINKLER: After that talk, though, he tried to get grant money for a variety of projects, but the answer that came back from funders was a resounding “no way.”
Mammy stood beside the table, watching every forkful that traveled from plate to mouth, as though she intended to force the food down Ellen's throat should she see signs of flagging.
That actually, she's like, the more that I do think about it, and the more recent stuff, the more aggressive actions, that does give me pause, that does make me hesitate, yeah.
But also there's a like a little bit of hesitant in the sense that old people think that it's like more like medicinal or like, you know, is it chemical?