Sharon taught high school English/Reading for 30 years, and now celebrates each day writing, biking, swimming, running and enjoying her family. Mom experience? How about 4 children and 9 grandchildren. On Sharon's 57th birthday (10/6/09), she embarked on a project she called "57 in 52"... trying 57 out-of-the-box or unique experiences in one year. In her 58th year, she ran her first marathon. At 59, is embarking on renovating a retirement harbor front cottage with her husband, Barry.
I’ve never claimed to be technologically or equipment savvy. Ask anyone in my family how I struggle to turn on a television or get ice from the ice-maker. But yesterday, my little adventure with a Hoover just about took the cake AND crumbs. You see, I need to clean my new home. Nooks and crannies type of clean. The vacuum [...]
Read more ›Last September, Barry and I had zero intention to move weren’t quite ready to move, to say the least. We had in mind, sort of, a “retirement” move back to our favorite little Rhode Island town in, well… maybe 5+ years or so. That all changed when I talked Barry into looking at a home that had been for sale [...]
Read more ›A little sneak peek at my Disney Princess Half Marathon gear… … and the rest will be revealed on Sunday! My Fairy Godmother said so…
Read more ›Training for the Disney Princess Half Marathon in 12 days may seem a bit unorthodox, but… Running is something that I never saw myself doing. I didn’t think I had the endurance, strength, dedication or time to to make running a reality in my life. But 3 years ago, at age 56, I tied on a pair of my daughter [...]
Read more ›When my grandkids learned that I would be heading to Disney World next weekend to run the Disney Princess Half Marathon… well, 9 sets of eyes lit up like Disney IlllumiNations themselves. But they weren’t as interested in my training, as in what I’ll be wearing. Now, I don’t have adorable mice friends or a Fairy Godmother to help with [...]
Read more ›Last week, I received an invitation to run Disney’s Princess Half Marathon on February 26, 2012! I thought, in the words of Cinderella herself… Why, that means I can go, too. To me, running a Disney Run is as good as going to the Royal Ball itself! To understand my excitement, you must know that I grew up with Disney. [...]
Read more ›How to teach POETRY to kids while having lots of fun… in just 2 minutes! Let’s take a walk today with 20th century American poet Carl Sandburg… through the mysterious veil we call FOG. What is FOG? And just how did FOG end up in a poem? Carl Sandburg makes FOG come alive for us in the image of a [...]
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How to improve Reading & Vocabulary Development AND teach Poetry to Kids! Let’s talk about reading a poem today. Shall we stay inside to read that poem? Or head outside? Can we make the decision to stay all cozy inside AND head outside… at the same time? Of course not! But perhaps this little poem about a snail by 20th [...]
Read more ›Two weeks ago, I “launched” my @GrandparentU Twitter page. This is something I’ve wanted to do for quite some time… combine my love of grandchildren, children, education, reading, literacy, family, fitness and health as a resource for fellow Grandparents and Boomers. We are, after all, a great force of nature! I first posted a profile pic of me with my [...]
Read more ›Everyone is surrounded with hearts. Hearts float around us in people, in words, in gestures and in things. But not everyone sees them, feels them or acknowledges them. My 6-year old grandson Alex is one of the people who has the gift to find hearts just about everywhere, and in everyone and everything. Alex loves people. Audrey has said from [...]
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