As a retired lawyer, and a judge for twenty years on the bench, I keep hearing that we won’t have any need for lawyers anymore in the future because AI will be able to write legal documents and AI can help someone act on their own in the courthouse. Having been a family court judge when 80% of the cases in front of me were self- represented, I can tell you it was a nightmare for the litigants representing themselves and a nightmare for me as the judge. And that was before A

Paris has always had wonderful beauty products and South Korea beauty products are up and coming and new. What a great unique Mother’s Day gift! I love beauty products from Paris and South Korea that are confirmed to be good from friends. I am so lucky to have a Parisian American friend, Coreen, for almost thirty years who lives part time in Florida with me, and knows all about Parisian beauty products, and a new Asian American friend, Cora, from San Francisco and East Hamp

Enjoy April Fools’ Day 2026 with simple, funny and harmless April Fools’ Day jokes . Here you are, parents and grandparents! They are divided by age group so the humor lands right and stays safe. The adult ones #3 and #5 work for all ages! See the BONUS one at the end! 3. The Endless Toilet Paper Roll Glue or tape the loose end of the toilet paper to the roll so it spins but doesn’t tear off. They’ll keep pulling… and pulling… but nothing separates. HAPPY APRIL FOOLS’ DAY!

As a grandmother, I will do anything to make my grandchildren happy. I knew about MrBeast on YouTube because my then seven-year-old and 13 year-old grandchildren kept showing me all the contests where he was giving away ridiculously large amounts of cash. They were hooked on MrBeast, who has been on YouTube for thirteen years, longer than the ages of my grandchildren when they introduced me to him. When MrBeast announced that he was selling chocolate, of course they wanted th

We grandparents love to spend time with our grandchildren. My grandchildren range from age 7 to age 22, and each of the six is special in his or her own way. Five of them are Generation Z or “Zoomers”, between 14 and 29 years old, the first true digital generation, knowing and living with smartphones and social media attached to them at the hip, and finding anything that will grab their attention otherwise is a miracle. Enter the miracle of American Mah Jongg! And auspicio

Meteor showers, solar and lunar eclipses, northern lights, and a rocket launch are some of the astronomical events worth an adventure for you, with your children, with your grandchildren in 2026. Some are close to home and some are planning an adventure, so see if you can make at least one to see, and give yourself, your children and grandchildren an out of this world experience in 2026. FEBRUARY 2026 ARTEMIS II LAUNCH : BEST FEBRUARY 6, 2026 (OR 7 OR 8) or March to Ap

When I was researching for board games for 2025, I decided that Wirecutter was the best resource. Then I accidentally came across the fact that Wirecutter for 2025 has listed gifting ideas by age starting at baby and going to adult. Here is the index to all of the alternatives on Wirecutter. I hope this helps finish your last minute Christmas and Hanukkah and holiday shopping. From WIRECUTTER: “The best gifts for kids help them experience the world in new, exciting ways—and g

If you ask me what board games I have in my house to play with grandchildren, you will know that it immediately dates me. However, I do believe that we grandparents still need to play the following with our grandchildren, the subject of previous blog posts, and also explore the new games for children and adults now available for the holidays 2025. Monopoly We missed National Monopoly Day November 19, but always have a set handy. See, previous blog post, National Monopol

Within the last several months, I have felt a sudden compulsion to address the Holocaust in my life and write a memoir of how the Holocaust impacted my family and me. Until this point, I could not see movies about the Holocaust, I could not read books about the Holocaust. I could not deal with the Holocaust as a child of Holocaust survivors. This turnabout has perplexed me. Because of this new compulsion, I just returned from a Jewish Heritage tour to Eastern Europe, visited

All of a sudden, or not so sudden with the domination of social media, and everybody in a group sitting on their phones rather than talking to each other, studies about everything about friends and friendships are everywhere. But are they helpful? The Why I was raised by two Holocaust survivors who believed that friends were those who turned you over to the Nazis, and only family members were the people you could depend on and with whom you should surround yourself. Leaving o

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