Surely I'm not the only one who has ever done something outlandishly stupid.  Maybe you have, too.  My now adult son and I look back on an incident that happened when he was ten years old and still laugh as though it is a joke we are hearing for the first time. Growing up, my … Continue reading Certainly Not A Pipe Dream!

The innocent honesty of small children lends charm even to life’s not-so-pleasant inevitabilities. I hope you enjoy the following scenarios. One day when my three children, my mother-in-law, and I were having lunch at a modestly-priced restaurant, it became apparent that my four-year-old daughter was staring intently at her grandmother’s face. “What are you looking … Continue reading Gems Out of the Mouth of a Babe

Nonny Day, 2018 Dear Grandgirls and Grandguys, Something funny happened to me the other day and I wish you could have been here to laugh with me! I had been at my city house for a number of days and was just returning to my country house. Immediately when I got back and was going … Continue reading Stinky Story

Hi!  My name is Timmy.  I’ve just got to tell you what happened to my Nonny.  That’s what I call my daddy’s mom.  She called me the other day and said she got caught on an elevator with some other people and firemen had to rescue them!  I thought she meant that the elevator caught … Continue reading Two Too Many!