Children

We’ve Come a Long Way

PHOTO BY KAI PILGER We’ve Come a Long Way We grew up in the best era ever, or did we? by Catherine Gannon Taintor October 2022 THEN Embroidered jeans NOW Ripped jeans THEN Fizzies and candy cigarettes NOW Bertie Bott’s (including vomit flavor) THEN Transistor radios blaring the top ten NOW Spotify THEN White lipstick […]

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Connecting Grandkids to Nature

PHOTO BY KELLY SIKKEMA Connecting Grandkids to Nature Green grandparents enjoy creating a “tokonoma table” by Catherine Gannon Taintor August 2022 WHAT THE DICKENS IS A TOKONOMA TABLE? A tokonoma is a recessed space in a Japanese home in which the most important and beautiful items are displayed. It might include ikebana pottery, bonsai, flowers,

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