The COVID Granny Diaries

Oxytocin for Two

After looking after a small child by myself for six months, I thought I would relish having my life back.

Aging in Place

Dementia ruined the happy truce I had enjoyed with my mother for more than thirty years. And now I may never see her again.

Looking for Love

I'll be watching Sleepless in Seattle and eating ice cream for Valentine's, but this year I'm not sidelined in the search for romance.

Four Apocalyptic Horsemen

How four young artists produced great work during quarantine.

Christmas in a Corner

Snot came out Liza’s nose, she laughed so hard when I told her about the PPE.

Homebound for the Holidays

I am going to eat a frozen turkey dinner by myself and clean my basement this Thanksgiving. And I'm feeling great about it.

Trunk or Treat!

Vampires and "Girl Beetlejuice." We are big on costumes, even if we have to wear them at home.

Bad Mom Meals

What to feed a four-year-old when there's no one to impress.

Aspirational Grandmother

I enacted my "ideal grandmother" fantasies during shutdown—with mixed results.

Fearful Heart

My daughter was a health worker in the worst pandemic in 100 years.

Entrepreneurs Exposed

On our first foray into commerce, we may have been infected.

How It Happened

Five months alone with a four-year old have given me a lot to think about.