Spring is finally here and it's time, once again, to plan some trips outdoors. When we were young parents, it was all so different. We didn't think too muc...

When Georgie was little, his parents lived on the Upper West Side of New York City. Both had jobs that were demanding and required them to be working more t...

Are you an ancient pirate friend? Listen to Dan as he warns us (in 2005) about global warming. Yo-ho the temperature's rising! Yo-ho the water's rising! ...

We know that giving things to others brings us happiness There's a lot of research to support the notion that happiness comes from altruism and giving, rath...

Lately, I've been feeling closer to my age and realizing how much I rely on my women friends to help me navigate my way. I was born about same year as Cher, ...

I opened the door just enough to hear Georgie talking to Pa. "Be careful. It's icy. Come this way. I don't want you to fall!" I took a deep breath becau...

Dan the Farmer is hilarious singing about Father Time ticking and Drug Companies looking over his shoulder... and about having fun while he can still play. ...

Last month, I gave a friend some money in a small white envelope. She returned the envelope, saying there were some photo negatives she inadvertently found ...

Last month, when I came back after having my hair cut and colored, Georgie, our grandson, looked at me quizzically and said, "Gigi, did you have your hair p...

Too much stuff. Our kids have long been grown, but behind the eaves are hundreds of silly reminders that there were once 4 kids living here. A dusty game o...

There's an author named Dr. Kai-Fu Lee who has written a best seller, Artificial Intelligence Superpowers, which claims that China will soon overtake the Uni...

The other day I found this on YouTube from 2006. We were goofing around one day and laughed so hard putting this together that we put it on YouTube. I did...

Last October Dan and I enjoyed a short get-away to a B & B. It was a mini-reunion with friends I've known since kindergarten. That translates to over 6 deca...

I was talking with my sister the other day about the fun she and her husband are having in their new role taking care of their 3 year old grandchild. After ...

Remember the Oscar winning 1970 movie Love Story, with Ali McGraw as Jenny Cavilleri and Ryan O'Neal as Oliver involved in a romance we all believed must nev...

Seems impossible but our 2nd great grandchild is due in 2019. After so many baby showers over decades, I thought we'd seen a lot of original ideas for gifts...

Lots of grandparents live a long distance from their grandchildren or spend the winter months in warmer climates. They try to use Skype to communicate. Som...

You've probably read this poem before. It was there on my screen as I was cleaning up my desktop. I tried to learn a little more about the author, Veronica...

It's the holidays and everyone seems exhausted. Experts keep telling us how important it is to get enough sleep but we're all lighting the candles at both e...

Sometimes the most wondrous accomplishment in the kitchen isn't the food! One day recently, we were lucky to attend an exciting trial preschool class offered...