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Grandma's Briefs is for grandmothers and others. Bits on the good, bad, humorous and heartwarming of being a baby boomer, grandparent, parent to adult children, wife and writer. Features include lifestyle articles, reviews, recipes, grandma profiles, and more.
Happy Friday!
Other than seeing via FaceTime Bubby's pride and joy at losing his first tooth and learning from the editor (in another phone call with her!) that my picture book manuscript is still under serious consideration for publication at a fabulous publishing house, the video below is what most made me smile this week. After those first two things, of course.
More accurately, the following video made me...
In the midst of the aggravating there's always some awesome. Following are the exact awesome moments that negated any of my aggravations during the past week:
Saturday, March 29
10 a.m.-11:18 a.m.
I was invited to screen Disney's THE PIRATE FAIRY last Saturday in the theater before...
My writing career and where it's headed have been on my mind a lot lately.
So, too, has been where my writing career began.
I've written and fantasized about being a writer for as long as I can remember. It wasn't until nearly 20 years ago, though, that I became...
I admit it: I'm a compulsive clock-watcher.
As a freelance writer working from home, I don't watch the clock in the sense that I eye the hour hand as it makes its egregiously slow move from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. so I can...
The company Pantone is the authority on color, and every year Pantone chooses a Color of the Year.
For many years now, I've been intrigued by the winning hues. Because I'm not hip or up on color or fashion in any sense of the word, I think it's possibly the words themselves — some of the names given the color of the year — that most make me smile.
In years past there's been...
Grandma's Briefs is for grandmothers and others. Bits on life's second act and the empty nest: the good, bad, humorous and heartwarming of being a baby boomer, grandparent, parent to adult children, wife and writer. Features include lifestyle articles, movie reviews, recipes, product reviews, auto test drives, grandma profiles, and more.
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Jim (aka PawDad) and Lisa (me)
Brianna (oldest daughter) and hubby Patrick with Benjamin, Robert, and James
Megan (middle daughter) with hubby Preston and Declan, Camden, and Brayden
Andrea (youngest daughter) with me at a recent concert
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