by Marlene Bumgarner | Aug 22, 2016 | Aging, Cooking and Eating, Family, Grandparenting, Health, Technology
A New Way to Plan and Prepare Meals “I am so sick of cooking for myself” my friend Martha announced as we walked to our cars after exercise class. The sun had finally broken through the coastal overcast and the late afternoon warmth felt good on my neck. ...
by Marlene Bumgarner | Aug 15, 2016 | Aging, Child development, Community, Family, Health
Learning First Aid and CPR On a Laptop Well, I WAS going to share with you what I’ve learned about pre-prepped food boxes delivered to your front door, but that will have to wait for next time. Instead, I’m going to write about my first experience with...
by Marlene Bumgarner | Aug 8, 2016 | Aging, Cooking and Eating, Family, Grandparenting, Health
Chopping Vegetables A few weeks before she was due to give birth to her first child, one of my daughters invited me to her house to chop vegetables. I had been bugging her, asking what I could do to help, so I didn’t question her when she called; just showed up...
by Marlene Bumgarner | Jul 25, 2016 | Aging, Family, Grandparenting, Travel
Musings I’m in the Seattle-Tacoma Airport waiting for a plane that has been delayed six hours out of Houston, and I’m thinking about grandparenting. Or more accurately, I am thinking about the ways that one generation overlaps into the next and how...
by Marlene Bumgarner | Jul 18, 2016 | Community, Cooking and Eating, Family, Grandparenting, Nature
July’s Bounty I love July. I walk to my local farmer’s market almost every Saturday morning. Starting about the 4th of July, however, the vegetable stands are literally spilling over with an amazing variety of green and yellow and purple and red...
by Marlene Bumgarner | Jul 11, 2016 | Child development, Community, Family, Grandparenting
Some of the grandparents I know live with their children and grandchildren. Others have grandchildren living in their homes, sometimes with one or both parents, others without. In fact, nearly four million American children, and 1.5 million grandparents, live in...