I just have to brag a little this morning about my three oldest grandsons. David, age 12 is an awesome swimmer and yesterday he agreed to teach me to swim better. He is going to be an great personal trainer, and if he can teach me, he can teach anyone! Daniel, age 18, is in Germany and then on to...

I am still adjusting to the time change from East coast to West. I spent a week with sisters, brother, nephews and nieces in a lovely 1830's farm house. We roasted smores over a campfire at night, went to see a Shaker village and attended my nephew Tom's wedding at the base of a beautiful ski slope....

My extended family has a couple of plots at the city's cemetery -- which happens to be 2 blocks from our house -- and my uncle, grandparents and father have been laid to rest there. The unfortunate thing is that my remaining uncles and dad could not be bothered to have a stone mark my grandma's...