July 20, 2020

Celebrate Lollipop Day!

July 20, 2020/ Lisa Carpenter

Celebrate Lollipop Day!

Did you know today, July 20, is officially Lollipop Day? It most certainly is, and you can click right here to read all about how Lollipop Day came to be.

Considering the continually cruddy state of affairs we’re dealing with day in and day out, let’s celebrate what we can. Today that’s Lollipop Day!

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July 15, 2020

Chopped!

July 15, 2020/ Lisa Carpenter

Well, I did it. I finally got up the nerve to get my hair cut. It’s only been <ahem> 8 months or so since I visited a salon.

I typically do go a very long time between cuts because, well, it’s just hair and ponytails are my friend. (Jim has no idea how lucky he is to have such a low-maintenance wife). This time, though, was an exceptionally long time from one cut to the next, thanks to Covid. First visiting a salon was impossible; now …

July 06, 2020

July Fourth during Covid

July 06, 2020/ Lisa Carpenter

I hope everyone managed to eek out at least a little fun over the holiday weekend, despite Covid restrictions continuing to muck things up.

Jim and I spent the Fourth of July with this little firecracker…

June 26, 2020

Blooms and birds: Sights that soothe Covid chaos

June 26, 2020/ Lisa Carpenter

Here we are several months into the pandemic, and Colorado seems to be faring relatively well. We’re one of the few states with falling or stable cases of Covid-19, thanks to (most) folks wearing face masks, adhering to social distancing rules, and refraining from congregating in large groups.

Stay-at-home orders have been gradually relaxed in my state, though not yet completely ceased, and staying home as much as possible is still recommended.

Which suits me just fine, considering the chaos far and wide on pretty much every front imaginable. I’m more than happy being confined to the …

June 01, 2020

Some grand news amidst all the bad news

June 01, 2020/ Lisa Carpenter

So much bad news surrounds us lately. Most of it beyond bad, in fact. Bad news about the pandemic, about politics, about inexplicable injustices and more batters our brains and hurts our hearts pretty much every single day beyond anything we might have imagined mere months ago.

Yet amidst all that bad news, I have some good news.

Some grand news.

May 25, 2020

Memorial Day 2020

May 25, 2020/ Lisa Carpenter

As is my tradition here on Grandma’s Briefs, there will be no GRAND Social this week in recognition of Memorial Day.

On this Memorial Day that’s unlike any other ever in our history, let’s together, express sincere gratitude for and remembrance of those who gave all for our country.

April 20, 2020

Puttering and pondering

April 20, 2020/ Lisa Carpenter

Puttering and pondering

As stay-at-home orders continue, I find myself doing more puttering and pondering than ever before. I know many motivated grandmothers and others are using this time to craft and create in new ways but I’m definitely not one of them. I’ve found I’m not even crafting and creating in the old ways I did in pre-coronavirus days.

Nope, I putter and ponder … and watch out my window as …

Plus GRAND Social No. 387 link party for grandparents …