by Gail Cushman | Jan 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
I have teenage grandchildren who have become my tech support team, and they are more than willing to help Grandma with all things tech. But they are in Idaho and I’m in Florida and I wanted to watch something other than home shopping and twenty-four-hour newscasts,...
by Gail Cushman | Jan 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
I’ve always wanted to be a different age. When I was 8, I wanted to be 12. When I was 15, I couldn’t wait to be 18, but there were still a lot of restrictions on 18-year olds, so my goal became 21. I bedded my mom to let me skip junior high school and jump...
by Gail Cushman | Jan 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
I needed some work done on my house, which necessitated my being kicked out of it for a couple weeks, and I noticed an airplane was sitting on the tarmac with a vacant seat, so I thought I might as well board it. I did, complete with mask, gloves, goggles, and all,...
by Gail Cushman | Dec 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
This week, the week before Christmas, I received four letters, hand-written, tucked into Christmas cards and started out very personal: “Dear Gail.” They were wonderful surprises, and also a bit mind boggling because letter writing is a lost art. I noticed that I...
by Gail Cushman | Dec 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
I doubt that anyone would consider 2020 a great year but there were a few perks. Babies were born and people got married and everybody discovered a ton about themselves and their families. I, for example, learned that I could go more than a week without starting my...