A grandmother's blog on life
When this Grandma tries to get to the source of a series of articles, I find some really obscure on line journals. The one for the source of learning that rubber ducks and other such bath toys and bath items that retain bath water grow very bad bacteria and fungus, a Swiss Federal Institute of … [Continue reading]
On April 22 each year since 1970, we celebrate Earth Day, a day to appreciate and be aware of our environment and the Earth. Earth Day has now expanded to include the entire month of April as Earth Month. In honor of Earth Day in 2016, as set forth on Wikipedia, “the landmark Paris Agreement was … [Continue reading]
“23 and Me” ads are all over the television. So many people gifted this ancestry and their health genetic testing or other companies’ genetic testing … [Continue reading]
Grandpa and I are trying. We are trying to change habits to be safer in this cold and flu season. We are trying NOT to shake hands even when others … [Continue reading]
"Six Degrees of Separation" a play and movie of our Boomer generation, written by American playwright John Guare, opened on Broadway in 1990, and was … [Continue reading]
Once our grandchildren began listening to pop music on the radio, and it was earlier than we realized, this Grandma convinced Grandpa that we too had … [Continue reading]
We grandmas are always looking for unique gifts for our grandchildren and unique decor for their rooms. I have written about books on artists, and … [Continue reading]
Our eleven year old granddaughter, visiting for spring break, asked for a sandwich. Ever the doting grandmother, I had purchased three different kinds … [Continue reading]
Oftentimes, in my twenty years as a family court judge, I found divorcing parents fighting over time with their teenagers. I was always confused. … [Continue reading]
The article, “Toy Fair is Flush with Poo-inspired Games and Trinkets,” in the Washington Post February 24, 2018, by Mark Lennihan, has this Grandma … [Continue reading]
We are in an era where families are having movie nights and board game nights and that is fabulous bonding time. I find that I am competing to take … [Continue reading]
My favorite picture of myself as a baby has me sitting up in a huge fancy baby carriage. When I had my first child, now nearly 45 years ago, I looked … [Continue reading]
The big news across media platforms that are viewed by us Boomers is Professor Laurie Santos’s “Psychology and the Good Life,” course at Yale that has … [Continue reading]
We know sugar is our enemy. As a post menopausal woman, I was advised that my body could not process sugar but could process fat, and that I should … [Continue reading]
"The Lion King" live stage musical is the most successful production of any work in any media in entertainment, and it deserves to be. It is having a … [Continue reading]
Just this past week, Grandpa and I went to see a new doctor whose office was located inside a local hospital. The doctor’s nurse who greeted us … [Continue reading]
Hearing my oldest daughter appreciate advice she received from someone who is a decade older who has already been through what my daughter is now … [Continue reading]
I grimace and shake my head every time I am stopped at a crosswalk and a person with earbuds staring at his or her phone walks into the street without … [Continue reading]
If you follow this blog, you will already know that this Grandma is obsessed with the concept of “Pizza for Breakfast” as a special grandma treat when … [Continue reading]
Grandparents should only take one side in disputes between the parents of our grandchildren–the side of the grandchildren. Parental disputes mean … [Continue reading]
As a completely obsessive and proud grandmother, I relish every warm, funny and outrageous moment I have with my family. Read more...