Posted on 25 March 2021. Tags: CDC, COVID, Vaccine, activities, guidelines, post vaccine, social activities
As you surely know, this country’s covid vaccination effort has been plagued by major birth pangs: registration snafus, poor communication, faulty data and a scant supply of vaccine — all exacerbated by inequitable allocation, alleged political favoritism and unseemly jockeying for shots.
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Posted in Health, Active Living
Posted on 31 March 2020. Tags: COVID, activities, children, coronavirus, emotional support, grandchildren
Children now may be wondering if Grandma and Grandpa are old, but as a grandmother I’m concerned about the emotional risks the near panic invading society is causing for young people.
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Posted in Features, Grandparenting
Posted on 30 June 2019. Tags: activities, generational, grandchildren, grandparents, movies
Movies both bring us together and bridge generational divides. They help us relate to each other and understand past eras.
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Posted in Grandparenting
Posted on 19 June 2019. Tags: activities, nostalgia, simple pleasures, summer, youth
Enjoying summer was easy as kids. Most of us did what we wanted. We didn’t need a list.
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Posted in Features, Laurie's Scribbles
Posted on 06 February 2018. Tags: Mardi Gras, Museums, New Orleans, activities
Think jazz and blues played in music clubs and by street musicians outside. If you guess that describes New Orleans, you’re right; but there’s more to the city than that.
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Posted in Features, Take a Trip
Posted on 28 November 2017. Tags: St. Kitts, Vacation, activities, tips, travel
When Christopher Columbus sighted two small, adjacent islands during his second voyage to the New World in 1493, he named the larger of the two St. Christopher, now St. Kitts.
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Posted in Features, Take a Trip