I spent the day at Grandma’s today and we got to talking about her mother. She told me stories I hadn’t heard about her first job, and then about her housekeeper who lived in disguise… No. Really. EDITED TO ADD: I got Grandma to talk more about her housekeeper. She had remembered that it had […]
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Meet my 106-year old Grandma. My dad, on fiddle, and his friend stopped by to play for her today. I learned that my great-grandfather played the fiddle. After the camera was off, I also found out that Grandma used to play the slide guitar. What’s really crazy? I recorded this on my phone and Grandma
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Not that Grandma is going to come online and see the birthday wishes, but I thought I would share them with you. I’ll tell you, having a 106 year-old Grandmother who is still sharp changes one’s views of aging significantly. I’ll give Grandma a call today, if she has time to talk to me given
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As the aughts wind down with 2010, Rob reminded me that 2011 will be Grandma’s second time entering the teens. She was born in 1905. I know this and yet the mind boggles anyway. She remembers the Titanic, WWI, Woodrow Wilson, medicine shows, getting the mail by train once a week. We were talking while
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(I should mention that her birthday was February 5th but the DAR’s directory doesn’t come out until August.)
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I spent the day at Grandma’s for her 105th birthday party. It was a lot of fun seeing all the relatives and catching up with folks. Grandma was in good spirits and excited to see everyone. Here she is with her birthday cake. As we were getting ready to go, Mom was getting out of
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Grandma turned 105 today and I’ll actually be in Chattanooga in time for her birthday party on Sunday. She is a remarkable woman and the inspiration for my novelette First Flight. I had been on a panel about research we were talking about the importance of primary sources. One of the panelists said, “Of course,
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My short story, First Flight, is up at Tor.com. It has absolutely goooooorgeous art by Pascal Milelli, which looks enough like my actual grandmother that my mom was disappointed that she didn’t have earrings on. Why is it cool that she looks like my grandmother? Because she’s based on Grandma, even if the name isn’t
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I call this my time-traveling Grandma story, which isn’t a spoiler, since the story opens with her standing in a time machine. I based the main character on my own grandmother. When Patrick Nielsen Hayden bought it for Tor.com, he asked me to change the character’s name. Why? Because her name was Elois, just like
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My grandmother is 104 years old today. She is just as sharp and together as always. She’s cracking jokes and having a grand old time today. My cousin called from Badgdad, which I think is farther away than any of her other birthday wishes. For those of you who read Born in 1905, yes, that’s
4 cups chopped pears 3 large red peppers 3 large green peppers 1/2 lb. chopped onions (about 1 1/2 cups or 3 medium onions) 1 cup sugar 1 1/2 tablespoon salt 1 cup vinegar Grind or grate each of the first four ingredients into a collander and let drain. Put them in a heavy sauce
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Wow! I can’t believe how much improvement Grandma has made since this morning. She seems more energetic at the end of the day, than at the end of the day, than at the beginning.
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Well, twitter was supposed to post here automatically while I was gone, but alas, did not. Grandma is doing great. She’s moving about as well as she did pre-surgery. This morning she got up and got dressed and then we all sat at the kitchen table for breakfast. Things I learned while there. One of
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I’m heading over to Grandma’s house later tonight where I will have no internet. Gasp! How will I survive? Well, I’m taking the laptop so I can get some work done and also my handy cellphone so I can twitter away if anything interesting happens.
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Much rejoicing abounds. They sent Grandma home at 6:00 tonight. I just talked to her on the phone and she sounds great. She said that it’s so much more comfortable being there than in the hospital. Mom said that Grandma walked into the house under her own power with just a little bit of steadying
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