[what you've been up to lately?]
my art. 
<I'm I'm ɪ-> I'm into art now. 
[oh.]
(.) <since my stroke> mostly since my stroke.
[oh my goodness.]
[oh that's great.]
<I'm> I'm pretty good at it <so> (.) for being sʌ- such a young ɑr- artist that way.
[yes.]
<I (.) I> I like it a lot. (.)
<but I> <but I k-> <but I> I'm not very good at it yet. 
[what kind of art is it?]
mostly it's uh (..) pastels.
bæstɛls and uh...
I like əm a lot. 
[mhm.]
<and I have other> I x- do other kind of art too but nɑ- mostly pastels. 
[uhuh.]
[is it water color or paint or what?]
they're uh pastels.
they're um [gestures writing] (.) chalk.
[oh.]
chalk.
[oh okay great.]
[and what have you done so far?]
[what have you drawn or...]
<a few> a few real things. 
but mostly (..) uh <skies> skies <with> (..) <well> with uh <lot> a lot of um (..) x- <not not real> not real stuff.
mostly flek stuff.   
[uhuh uhuh.]
[that's great.]
but um I don't know <what> (.) what else to say about art. 
[what else is keeping you busy?]
everyday I got somethin' different.
on mondays I go to aphasia class.
<most> on tuesdays mostly I go to <the> (.) <the> uh (.) <what do ya call it> (.) <the> the uh... (...) 
we used to go to <the> (..) <begins with L> um the library.   
[m:...]
<the the> (.) the um (.) xx xx public library. 
but now a days I go upstairs to <the> (..) ð- ð- <the the the> (.) <what do you call the kids> <the> <the> um xxx <that are not> <that are not> (.) <they're> <they're (.) in wheelchairs and> (.) <they're> <they're not as g- they're they're> (.) <x the word called> <they're not like we are> (.) <they> <they're a little (.) subdued> <they're a little uh (.) [hm] not x- not not qu:ite (.) like we are> x- <what's the word called> um (.) <not> (.) <they're not> [hm] (.) <I don't know what the word is> (.) <they're not completely with it> <x- they're not w- w- [okay] complete- completely with us> <they're a little bit> (.) uh <what's the word called>...
[it's adults you're talkin' about?]
<they're adults> no no they're not adults. 
<they're> they're teenagers.     
[oh.]
but <they> <they're> they're not very (.) far along yet. 
<they're> <most of them are> <they're they're> (.) <pre teen> <most> most of them are like pre teens. 
[okay.]
but a few of əm (.) have a...
they're teenagers.
but...
[uhuh.]
and <they> uh (.) <they> <I I have a art> <I have> <they> (.) some of them go to art class (.) upstairs. 
I was <at the> in the art class there one time. 
[okay.]
w- <with> with a young lady.
<she> she's gonna be sixteen. 
and (.) <she's> (.) she's um (..) <very s- very s-> very slim. 
[oh okay.]
<and she's nɑ-> (.) but she's <bredi> pretty good shape.
but she's (.) a little (..) <not quite> (.) not quite like the rest of us.
[m:...]
[okay.]
<I'm> I'm like that now though. 
[m:...]
really. 
[hm...]
but (.) I don't know. 
[mhm.]
I...
[so you go to the library and see those people?]
no no (.) I used to go to the library. 
but until that ɛn-...
I just...
I don't go to the library very much anymore. 
I go upstairs to uh (.) this (...) reading and writing and all kinds of stuff.
[mhm.]
and x- they're in a (.) some kind of a... (...)
I don't know what it is.
it's simple reading (.) and writing. 
[mhm mhm.]
<and> and we also (.) do as... (.) 
x- the guy that's in charge...
<he's uh> (.) he's very good. 
he's very good at what he does. 
and (.) people (.) <there's> uh there's <an animal> a very old (..) raccoon.  
[oh okay.]
<and> (.) <we> <he's a> he's a <very> very old dʌ- animal. 
[okay.]
<he's> he's in his thirties maybe.
[oh.]
that's old for a raccoon.
[yeah.]
[right.]
yes. 
<and he's> (..) and a lot of <people> young kids wanna (.) kill him.
and other kids wanna (...) <what's the word called> (.) <what's it> (.) they wanna hɛ- dʒə- x- <show əm> show əm up as a (.) good animal. 
[oh okay.]
<and> uh <and this is> uh <it's called the> <it's a> it's <a> <I don't know what it's called> <retəŋ> a reading. 
<we all> we all <get> sat around in a... (.)
<the the> the guy reads to us. 
[oh great.]
[okay.]
but...
[uhuh.]
and most of əm (.) like it (.) a lot. 
[okay good.]
it's good.
[good.] 
[excellent.]
[oh I bet that is fun.]