August 5, 2024August 5, 2024Children, Creativity, Entertaining, Family, Food, Grandchildren, Senior Influencer

Gams Camp 2024: World Travelers

Pack your bags and grab your passports because I am taking you on an epic adventure that will include Day of the […]

February 9, 2024Children, Creativity, Entertaining, Food, Memories, Senior Influencer, Wine

My Birthday Party Was One To Die For

Last week I was so excited to share my amazing musical events with you that I skipped over the epic birthday party […]

January 20, 2024January 20, 2024Children, Family, Grandchildren, Memories, Senior Influencer

Cotillion: A Remembrance

When I was in 6th grade, a number of us went to Dick Chaplin’s Cotillion in Preston Center, for a half-dozen Friday […]

November 2, 2023Children, Entertaining, Family, Grandchildren, Pets, Senior Influencer, Tapestry, Travel

Sweet Chaos–Part Two

When last we met, I was keeping Lyla and Wren and the puppies while their parents took a vacay to Seattle and […]

July 25, 2023Children, Current Events, Fashion, Memories, Senior Influencer

Dear Barbie

January, 1959 Dear Barbie, Let me just say up front that I have never wanted to actually be you. I don’t want […]

July 16, 2023Children, Creativity, Entertaining, Family, Food, Grandchildren, Restaurants, Senior Influencer, Tapestry

Gams Camp: A Primer

So Gams Camp 2023 is done and dusted as they say on my Brit Box mysteries. I thought you might like to […]

June 30, 2023June 30, 2023Children, Family, Food, Grandchildren, Making Lists, Senior Influencer

Planning Gams Camp

There is a lot to talk about this week including Senior Safety, but I will save that scintillating topic for next week. […]

May 7, 2023Children, Family, Senior Influencer

Becoming Real

Many of you may be familiar with the sweet story of the Velveteen Rabbit who became “real” after years of being loved […]

March 15, 2023March 15, 2023Children, Creativity, Family, Grandchildren

Let’s Hear It for the Boys

Last week I wrote about Creative Compulsion and how it runs in my family. I followed a thread from my parents to […]

February 28, 2023February 28, 2023Aging, Children, Death, Decorating, Family, House Redo, Senior Influencer, Tapestry

Swedish Death Cleaning: A Primer

Last night at Tapestry, Nancy told us about a book called The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning. As your Senior Influencer, I […]