Ear Buds and Hearing Loss in Childhood
Hearing Loss in the Silent Generation: Even without Ear Buds Hearing loss was part of my childhood. Both my parents lost their hearing in their 40s. My mother’s early dependence on hearing aids was attributed to working in a laundry for twelve hours a day at...Cell Phone Addiction – Boomer Grandparents at Risk?
Technology Can Enhance Communication with Grandchildren I’m not sure when it happened, but sometime in the last decade Seniors became more comfortable with communication technology. When my dad retired in 1982 and moved to Canada, our only means of...5 Reasons This Grandmother Loves Santa Cruz
Before I retired from teaching, I thought of Santa Cruz as a place to go for the day, but never as a place to live. Whenever the subject of Santa Cruz came up it seemed that someone would quip “That’s the town that’s still living in the 60s.”...The Paleo Diet: It’s Not for Everyone
Not long ago I received a letter from someone who owns a copy of my book, The New Book of Whole Grains. She wanted to know if I could tell her whether she should give up whole grains and switch to what she called “the caveman diet.” She was referring to...Grandma Camp Day One: The San Jose Children’s Discovery Museum
Keeping Life Fun Life can be dreary for children when one of their parents is ill. My daughter was scheduled for her third chemotherapy infusion today. Based on the way the last two treatments went, she expects to be seriously under the weather the rest of this week...
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