smores Archives - Elizabeth Franklin

Grandparents and Influence

One can say so much about grand-parenting. I had interesting grandparents. My maternal grandmother was Czech and lived in Manhattan for sixty years, at least. She was born in Youngstown, OH, and somehow ended up in the big city where she lived in an apartment building a few short blocks from Greenwich Village. When I Read more about Grandparents and Influence[…]

It’s the little things.

“Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life is made up of little things.”  Frank A. Clark It’s the little things in life that bring joy and meaning, at least for me. I have a marvelous back yard in which I have a vegetable garden, a bird feeder, wicker rockers under a Read more about It’s the little things.[…]