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

His name was Jihad Al-Shamie. He was 35 years old and a British citizen of Syrian descent who entered the U.K. as a very young child, and...

The photograph is a 1904 depiction of an acquisitive and manipulative Standard Oil (founded by John D. Rockefeller) as an all-powerful...

I recently learned at age 78 that age 78 is the third critical age when the human body experiences a significant biological aging burst,...

Having teenage grandchildren is an education. Not necessarily an education that I expected nor that I desired. I did teach middle school...

Having been a judge and a lawyer, I am a rule follower. Actually, I’ve always been a rule follower, so it was easy to be a lawyer and a...

There is a new trauma for the parents of our baby grandchildren and we grandparents have the key to alleviate the angst. The controversy...

As I reflected in Part I, regarding the doctor dilemma we Boomers pass on to our children and grandchildren, it took this Grandma one...

It took this Grandma one year to get an appointment with a well-regarded ophthalmologist who specializes in cataract surgery at Bascom...

With what is happening in world travel now, it is important for this Grandma to introduce those of you who are unaware to MEDJET. PopPop...

Some of us are of an age where our baby children and grandchildren are no longer, and our children and grandchildren are heading off to...

This Grandma’s favorite tip about hugs is that you should never be the first to let go when you are hugging your grandchild. I learned...

When interviewed by the Wall Street Journal, Warren Buffett, now 94 years old, was asked, “how did you know the day that you became old?”...

Reading an article in the New York Times, May 1, 2025, about Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle, once leader of the Church in the...

The Wall Street Journal, Thursday, April 6, 2023, had an article about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and ChatGPT that is scary for us...

When Fourth of July rolls around, it is great to come up with red, white, and blue desserts to make with grandchildren. As with all the...

During the COVID-19 coronavirus lock down period in March and April, 2020, I interviewed our older grandchildren, two aged 13 and one...

Not especially tech savvy, I wait for family vacations to pester our older grandchildren and ask their help to make my use of electronics...

The headline on Fox News was: “Dad sends in-laws strict ‘guidelines’ for visiting newborn baby and it doesn’t go well” The author, Gerren...

Last year, Father’s Day was like no other, and this Grandma acknowledged that with gifts appropriate to that experience. Father’s Day...