When Republicans Cross: the story of my 87 y.o. grandmother
My grandparents have always been Republicans. Well...they've been Republicans as long as I have been alive. They loved FDR but sometime between then and now they became Republicans.I've never talked to...
View ArticleMy 91 y/o Grandfather, a Life-Long Repub, Voted Obama!
Amazing! Below the fold where I tell you why my grandparents fucking rule!Someone asked which state I and my grandparents live in - Oregon.
View ArticleYet another grandparent diary
Now that I am a grandfather, one taking a large part in raising a grandchild, I know something of the hopes and fears of the Dunham and Obama families.I loved my grandmother; I truly learned what...
View ArticleTo My Grandparents, And To Yours
There are many reasons why I support Barack Obama, and why I work my ass off to help him get elected. One of these is the commonality I think we all feel in aspects of his personal life. Today, and...
View ArticleA view from Australia
Last Friday, I completed my last course in my university degree. It was a politics course called "US Hegemony in International Law". When I started the course in August, I was immediately saddened at...
View Article"He's Crazy!" : Another Tale of Two Republican Grandparents
By now we've all heard this story. Two Deep-Red Republicans who've never voted Blue in their lives. So Republican that they nearly disowned my father for switching parties. So strict about Traditional...
View Article"First Granny", Marian Robinson
HuffPo has a short article (with video) featuring Michelle's mom, Marian Robinson: " Will First Granny, Marian Robinson move into the White House? I thought about my own grandmother when I read this...
View ArticleThe Man Who Made Me a Democrat is Gone.
I've known I would be writing this diary for some time now, but I never started a draft of it; whether by principle or superstition I can't rightly say. But I have to do it now, because my grandfather...
View ArticleDemocrat Dogs?
I was bouncing around You Tube the other day when I came across a song that I hadn’t heard before called “Tell My Father” being sung by John Barrowman. You can find it at http://www.youtube.com/... . I...
View ArticleFor My Grandparents: I Get It Now
When I was growing up, I had 2 sets of the most wonderful, loving grandparents a child could have. And I was lucky enough to have then well into adulthood as well. Each set had large backyard gardens...
View ArticleDoes Anyone Else Remember This?
When I was a child every weekend my family and I would make the trek to my grandparents’ house where we would gather like an ancient tribe. The thing I remember most about those visits was the trip to...
View ArticleCelebrating our Grandparents
Last Monday, the White House held a briefing in honor of Grandparents Day. Members of the Administration discussed the status of programs, policies and services that help grandparents and seniors age...
View ArticleNagging for a new child-safety law
Pull out your credit card or checkbook: I'm nagging for your donation.And heads up to my N.C. Rep. Jennifer Weiss and Sen. Josh Stein: I love you both with a passion that burns with the heat of a...
View ArticleI Am a Grandfather
I am a grandfather. My first grandchild—grandson—was born on Thursday afternoon. This is new to me. I’m not quite certain what to think about this just yet. First and foremost, I’m over-the-moon...
View ArticleI Am A Grandfather--Update
Last weekend I published a diary titled "I Am a Grandfather," in which I described the health challenges that lay ahead for my newborn grandson. He was born with a congenital heart defect called...
View ArticleTeaching Children: What do you stand for?
Anyone with grandchildren knows the gift of being given a second chance to parent better.I came across this terrific poster while shopping for something different for my grandson (my little soul...
View ArticleGreat Depression interview with my Grandparents, circa 1973
While rummaging through a box of papers in the bottom of a closet today, I ran across an interview I did for tenth grade History class in 1973 with my Grandparents about the Great Depression. We were...
View ArticleTop Comments - Centenarian Edition
Here at Top Comments we round up some of the site's best, funniest, most mojo'd and most informative commentary. We depend on your help with talent spotting. If you see a comment by another Kossack...
View ArticleA great grandmother passed
1908 - Grandmother was born in Lithuania. Married, one child, avoided Siberia where many of her relatives died in agony. After suffering near starvation while escaping WWII, she spent two years in a...
View ArticleTBAD Gala - it got personal for me
Last night was the Gala for Campaign for America's Future's annual conference in DC, Take Back the American Dream.On Monday I had been on a panel on education titled "Starving the Dream: The Attack on...
View ArticleGFHC open thread: Christmas trees and family trees
I am a self-proclaimed Christmas nut. I love it. I love the music, the lights, the wrapping all of it.Why do I love Christmas? And what does this have to do with family history? Well, let's just say...
View ArticleShir Hadash: New Song
Last Friday I went to Friday night services at the synagogue we recently joined. This was a special service for me because it was the first service I attended as a mother. I’ve been away from prayer...
View ArticleGranma and Paw-paw
As I sat here watching and rewatching the Mitt Romney insulting video, it became clear to me that he was talking about me and my beloved grandparents, Granma and Paw-paw. How I loved those two...
View ArticleMy grandparents, the Red Sox, and this Election
When the Red Sox won the World Series in 2004 my first thought was “my grandfather didn’t live long enough to enjoy this.” I was reminded of this thought recently while reading lots of the articles and...
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For the parents, sisters and brothers, families and friends of those taken...
I'm a very proud and thankful "Nana", with three grandsons ranging in age from 4 to 12. The middle one will be six next month. He started kindergarten this year and loves it. He's my heart's delight....
View ArticleLiving with fear
Winter will be over soon. That doesn't mean what it used to. Winters are strange now. The world is changing. The daffodils have been blooming for weeks. Spring will bring tornadoes and times when I...
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GFHC: Genealogy, My Lineage Heritage, and My New Found Gems. Now What?
¿Grandma? It`s good to be here today to bring...
View ArticleSunday All Day Brunch: Native American Pride
Welcome to Sunday All Day Brunch. This is an open topic thread so help yourself to the goodies and sit a spell and let us know what is going on with you. Today is Father’s Day and I am thinking about...
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* New Day * — Memories of Your Grandparents?
Every day is a new day and with that, a new opportunity.EVERYONE is welcome and please join us each morning at 7:30 AM PACIFIC to tell us what you're working on, share your show & tell, vent,...
View ArticlePeople With Problems Have Problems
Years ago we joined the ranks of adoptive parents who discover the fairy tale can be a real nightmare. I truly believed that nurture, structure, and faith could solve any problem. I was wrong....
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Where Worlds Collide: Hearth & Home, Culture and Soul
Note: This diary is in support of an ongoing crowdfunding effort by the North American Indian Center of Boston (NAICOB). The funding will play a crucial role in helping regenerate the building they've...
View ArticleKosAbility Schedule Update
We meet Sundays 7pm eastkost time, 4pm leftkost. Kosmail to postmodernista if you're interested in contributing a diary, new OR for republication. UPCOMING SCHEDULES post between Wednesday &...
View ArticleKosAbility: Gender in Pharmacokinetics; Puberty Ed for Girls Globally; &...
A skim of titles in this 180+ sampling of links to fairly readable medical journal articles emphasizing 2014 (with some earlier and later) illustrates professional grasp and understanding of...
View ArticleA Key Strategy for Young Bernie Supporters
Here is a very simple, and perhaps obvious, but also rather important idea: Bernie is catching on fastest among younger people, owing largely to their use of social media. But many people my age (60...
View ArticleQuestion of the night: HOW MANY GRANDPARENTS BORN OUTSIDE U.S.?
I know that this survey does not apply to every single user here, as we have users who are not from the US, so for that I apologize.But for those of you in the United States, I am curious how we...
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Connect! Unite! Act! San Francisco, Portland, OR & NN16 C&J Events:...
The orange pinpoints are the location of each organized group of Daily Kos readers. If you'd like to join a group, click on a point and a box will pop up showing contact links. If you'd like to start a...
View ArticleKitchen Table Kibitzing - Wednesday Melancholy
When I first volunteered to take over Wednesday diaries on KTK, I didn't realize that this specific date, November 2nd, would fall on a Wednesday. November 2nd is a melancholic date for me; I lost my...
View ArticleThe Most Important Legislation You'll Ever Have a Chance to Advocate For.
Busloads of outside agitators composed of masked black bloc nurses, people with grandchildren and other scofflaws arrived in Sacramento, CA Wednesday morning, Feb 22nd to demand the overthrow of the...
View ArticleA Letter to My Grandchildren, March, 2060
March, 2060To my grandchildren,(sent by paid courier to each of you)As I write this, I am gazing at early photos of the three of you, the joys of my life! You wonderful young men, Samuel and Rob, make...
View ArticleGo Ahead, Risk Being Offensive, Please.
I am at Netroots Nation in New Orleans, in spite of a myriad of obstacles, including spending twice as much as I anticipated (read: my income is fixed, my travel companion couldn't come and I am gonna...
View ArticleJoin us this Saturday, October 6th, 2018 at 12pm #VeteransUnitedMarch...
Veterans United March is being held this Saturday, October 6th, 2018 starting at 12pm/noon.Veterans United March is a nonpartisan/grassroots event being held Saturday, October 6th 2018 in Downtown St....
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PWB Peeps Toosdai Evening: Serious Ogden Nash Poetry for Today, July 23,...
Welp, it is Toosdai and so the day for some srs mischiefery with a mashery of Ogden Nashery (illustrated)! Srsly. Let’s see what today is and if we have Ogden’s poetry to cover it… Googles… we do!!!...
View ArticleRandom Acts of Protest
The past few weeks, I have been doing protests on the corner. As a result, I have been asked a lot of questions about my protests. I originally called them claim a corner, then occupy a corner, then...
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Open Letter to Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel: Arrest Attorneys...
Ms. Nessel,While you were running for Michigan Attorney General in 2018, I was an award-winning investigative journalist, member of the LGBTQ community and a Democrat.Had I also been a resident of...
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Morning Open Thread - Grandparents Are Cool
Morning Open Thread is a daily, copyrighted post, from a host of editors and guest writers. We support our community, invite and share ideas, and encourage thoughtful, respectful dialogue in an open...
View ArticlePowerboat Stories on the Hudson
I’ve been going through some photos of my time living on Boats in New York City, and a story came to mind I wanted to share. Before I lived on a ‘42 sailing catamaran named Kinship II, which I ended up...
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GOP Telling Grandma to Die Is Nothing New
That Republicans want your granparents to “take one for the team,” to die save the economy, should be no newsflash.Give Me Your Poor, Your Tired, and We’ll Kill ThemRepublicans are the party...
View ArticleCOVID-19 relief, fast vaccine distribution, hugs from grandkids—Democrats'...
Soon grandparents across the country will be hugging their grandchildren for the first time in nearly a year and doing so without fear of catching a deadly disease. The thumbs up Monday to fully...
View Articleh/t to Rexxmama: Is there a song that you really enjoy from your parents' or...
Thank you very much for the suggestion for today’s topic. The complete suggestion that would not fit into the title was: “Is there a song that you really enjoy today was popular during your parents’ or...
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PREVENTING ELDER FINANCIAL ABUSE - guide 4 fam &frenz of folks in nursing...
h/t Bill Moyers[Yesterday] during National Family Caregivers Month, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Office for Older Americans released a new guide to help family...
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