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Blog hosted by a grandparent and teacher to share the joys and bumps of modern, enlightened grandparenting. Blog focuses on issues, activities and experiences of interest to grandparenting.
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A News Kind of Spring Cleaning
I guess it was during the summer vacation that I got into the habit of listening to cable news. With the exception of "The View", daytime T.V. is pretty much a barren wasteland, and I just can't get into the reality shows. With the election coming up...
Throw Away Cats
I never thought that I would become one of those pathetic old ladies, surrounded by empty cans of cat food, followed by a parade of feral cats who wait daily for her to feed them. I've had dogs and cats in my lifetime, and enjoyed their company, but ...
I Hate Washing Dishes!
I hate washing dishes! Unfortunately, the darling cottage I am living in has no counter space in the kitchen for a dishwasher, so I am doomed to perform this annoying task with my own itty-bitty hands. It's not like I have always had to. For 27 years...
Don't Make Me Sick!
Is there anybody out there who is as aggravated with the news media as I am? They have jumped on this "Swine Flu " story with glee. It is as if they are delighted to have something frightening to report on again, and happy for the opportunity to scar...
How to Pick a Wardrobe Winner
The first few year of my grand daughter's life, I delighted in buying clothes for the little one. With clear classics like Carters, HealthTex, and Baby Gap to choose from, I always picked winners. The first two years were easy. For that stage, the te...
I Can See! I Can See!
I finally took some time out to go for a sorely needed eye exam. I am a real procrastinator when it comes to dentists, doctors and mechanics. Fortunately, the optometrist didn't give me a lecture when he saw the terrible state of the gas permeable le...
Lost in a Book
I almost didn't blog today. I have rediscovered the books on tape section of my library and find myself intrigued once again by The Mists of Avalon, a feat that I would never had had the luxury of attempting if I actually had to take the time to sit ...
Mission Accomplished!
Two guitars for my students to practice with $25One Yamaha Keyboard for the classroom $10Vintage Tablecloth ......
Nona Celebrates the Rights of Spring
Well, it's Friday afternoon. Spring is finally in the air. A sense of anticipation is brewing within me to mark the change of season with an annual sacred ritual, which I will perform tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m. Through the dark, dreary days of Wi...
A Ghost of Easter Past
In order to subsidize my stay-at-home mom stint in the 1980's, I spent 7 years of my life as Jay Jay the Magic Clown. Having taught myself some comedy magic, balloon sculpture and face painting, I booked myself and performed at over 2,000 children's ...
"Annie Get Your Gun" in The White House?
Well, my classroom is set up, classes are underway, and I am ready to blog again. Sorry for any inconvenience to my subscribers. I'm ready, but I'm also worried. Many things have happened in the past few weeks that have pushed me to...
A Change of Pace
I have had a really hard time posting an entry in the past week and a half or so. My mind was drawing a blank and when I forced myself to the computer to write, I ended up allowing myself to get preoccupied with ebay or reading other people's blogs. ...
Watch what you say, Nona!
The thunder cracked and I found myself just blurting it out. What the heck is it that makes these silly, completely unscientific, often times moronic, and many times self-esteem damaging phrases just pop out of my mouth as if...
My "Furry Grandchild"
Over the years I have come to believe in reincarnation. My first inkling that the nuns' explanation of life after death (sitting in heaven, forever gazing at God) didn't resonate with me was when I touched a dead pet and wond...
Grandma's Reverie or Close Encounters with The Giving Tree
As I've written in the past, I always enjoy reading with my granddaughter, but reading with her takes on a whole new glow when I am reading one of the classic early childhood picture books that I once read to my own two child...
The Computer Swallowed Granny
Nona has outgrown her blog template. My attempts to network have exposed me to many wonderful blogs with their neat widgets and rss feeds and such. Not content to be an old fuddy-duddy, I want them as well, and although...
A Plea From Our Grandchildren
Today a friend sent me this speech given by a young girl named Severn Suzuki to a UN gathering in Brazil. She is obviously a gifted child, perhaps an Indigo child, who speaks for her generation. Our grandchildren are reaching...
Mazel Tov Grandma Mary!
I met Mary at a food co-op meeting in the early 70's and immediately realized that we must be in the same soul group. We sort of "knew" each other, even though we had never met, and we have remained friends ever since. ...
Ready or Not, You're a Grandparent!
With the advent during the 70's of modern, available, and affordable birth control, many of our generation were able to plan the timing of our parenting. We waited until the house was bought and the salary was ...
Weapons of Mass Consumption and our Grandkids
Being conscientious parents, my son and his wife limit my 20 month old granddaughter's access to the TV, but here she was, at my house. She didn't want to nap, and her exhausted grandma needed the respite even if the child didn't, so I figured a litt...
Enter Nona's Contest!
Nona has decided to join the throngs of bloggers running a contest. The prize will be a free copy of: Grand Loving ...
"Gut Feelings" - Are They Becoming Extinct?
As an English language teacher, idioms mean a lot to me. They are the part of language that is the most difficult to teach and learn, but they are also the part that is the richest in reflecting culture. For example, ta...
Grandma Nesting Syndrome
I've had occasion in the past few days to observe the odd behavior I like to call Grandma Nesting Syndrome. Now we all expect this behavior from pregnant women in those last few months before the birth, but I wonder if anyone...
Grandma's Going Green
Well, the deal with my new landlord was that I do the lawn. I agreed because it was winter and several years since I had pushed a lawnmower, and frankly, I just saw the delightful fieldstone fireplace and the washer and dryer (no more laundroma...
Helping Your Grandchild Through the Death of a Pet
Having been a teacher for many years, I have seen children of all ages grieve over the death of a pet. In an attempt to shield a child from the pain, some adults try to comfort the child by immediately replacing the animal or trying to distract the c...
Deja Vu
At times being a grandparent is like experiencing a massive déjà vu. I might be picking up a little play person from the floor while babysitting Sarah, or reaching for a diaper while she squirms on the changing table and suddenly, I mentall...
Why Blog with Nona Nita?
When I found out that my daughter-in-law was pregnant with what was to be my first grandchild, I was elated and terrified. What was it about this event that made me feel so happy and yet so disturbed at the same time? Friends would...
Nona's New Nook
Nona has a new nook and I love it! For the past two years the little cocoon that I called home was enough for me... a perfect "empty nest" for an old bird whose chickadees had flown away and found gorgeous multi-stori...
Someone should invent something that would...
I had the pleasure this past weekend of attending that pinnacle of female rituals, “The Baby Shower.” Of course, my emotions ran the gamut of excitement for the new mom and nostalgia for the fact that I was her fir...
