Oxytocin for Two
After looking after a small child by myself for six months, I thought I would relish having my life back.
The COVID Granny Diaries
Linda Scott
- Mar 12, 2021
- 13 min
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.
Linda Scott
- Feb 12, 2021
- 11 min
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.
Linda Scott
- Jan 31, 2021
- 5 min
Four Apocalyptic Horsemen
How four young artists produced great work during quarantine.
Linda Scott
- Jan 9, 2021
- 6 min
Christmas in a Corner
Snot came out Liza’s nose, she laughed so hard when I told her about the PPE.
Linda Scott
- Nov 25, 2020
- 5 min
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.
Linda Scott
- Oct 31, 2020
- 4 min
Trunk or Treat!
Vampires and "Girl Beetlejuice." We are big on costumes, even if we have to wear them at home.
Linda Scott
- Sep 30, 2020
- 7 min
Bad Mom Meals
What to feed a four-year-old when there's no one to impress.
Linda Scott
- Sep 9, 2020
- 5 min
Aspirational Grandmother
I enacted my "ideal grandmother" fantasies during shutdown—with mixed results.
Linda Scott
- Aug 27, 2020
- 4 min
Fearful Heart
My daughter was a health worker in the worst pandemic in 100 years.
Linda Scott
- Aug 20, 2020
- 3 min
Entrepreneurs Exposed
On our first foray into commerce, we may have been infected.
Linda Scott
- Aug 20, 2020
- 5 min
How It Happened
Five months alone with a four-year old have given me a lot to think about.