A grandmother's blog on life
Beginning around 2013, I read that the Russians first tried a social media campaign against vaccination in the United States as a test to see if they could be successful using that medium to turn Americans against vaccinating our children. See, “Weaponized Health Communication: Twitter Bots and … [Continue reading]
Pandemic Pounds. That is what I call the extra weight I am carrying around due to a sweet tooth and being home all the time to overdo. Yes, we add bakery items to our Instacart Publix shopping list. As an aside, we may never go into a supermarket again as we are getting used to communicating by … [Continue reading]
For the very first time in over seven decades, I decided that I would participate in an on line video group of second generation Holocaust survivors … [Continue reading]
It is May 2020, and we are in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19. We Boomers have been self isolating or quarantining since the … [Continue reading]
So many jokes and cartoons and videos come to me during this coronavirus period. They bring comic relief to this time of the coronavirus pandemic … [Continue reading]
Never before have we had to be apart “social distancing” from our loved ones under the circumstances of a world-wide pandemic. Many of us, like this … [Continue reading]
Researching for this blog post, this Grandma came across the most interesting brand new potty. Yes, with two grandsons now over age two, this caught … [Continue reading]
During this time of the coronavirus pandemic, my dear friends and I reminisce about our childhoods and early adulthoods and the significant events … [Continue reading]
This Grandma tells the parents of our grandchildren that if they lament that a grandchild is behind in a skill or learning that the grandchild will … [Continue reading]
Until this date, March 24, 2020, the coronavirus outbreak, dangerous to us Boomers, has meant PopPop and I had to self quarantine, and we have already … [Continue reading]
This Grandma just got off the telephone with our oldest grandson, age 16, a junior in high school. It is March 16, 2020 at the end of the workday. He … [Continue reading]
Since the Coronovirus has reached our shores, it is we Boomers who have most negatives in relation to the outbreak. We are over the age of 60. I … [Continue reading]
Hopefully, one day we Boomers will look at this time of lack of information, lack of testing available, and lack of consistent knowledge and breathe a … [Continue reading]
Being Boomers, we grandparents have many generations to worry about with the flu and viruses. PopPop’s mother is 96 years old. Our siblings are … [Continue reading]
Every year this Grandma loves learning about the Pantone choice of “Color of the Year.” This year, Pantone’s newly created blue, called “Classic … [Continue reading]
This Grandma realized several years ago that greeting cards and stamps for mailing are getting so expensive that it is not much more to send … [Continue reading]
Honoring fruits and vegetables by putting them on a pedestal never occurred to this Grandmother. It took an artist exhibiting at the Whitney Museum … [Continue reading]
This Grandma is always surprised at some national day selections and was surprised that there was a National Nutella Day. I was wrong. The … [Continue reading]
I nearly drowned the last visit with our youngest grandchild, nearly overwhelmed as our precious youngest grandson, 21 months old, began to exhibit … [Continue reading]
Our grandchildren love raw cookie dough. It was so difficult when we first had the raw egg scare and then the uncooked flour scare. See previous … [Continue reading]
As a completely obsessive and proud grandmother, I relish every warm, funny and outrageous moment I have with my family. Read more...