I pointed the camera aimlessly at the nearby hillside, and then glanced at the tiny digital image, puzzled. I saw nothing on the hillside, and yet, there, on my camera …

So I get this email (because journalists my age don’t text – it’s too much like working overtime – only on a very, very, teeny-tiny keyboard with bad lighting and old eyes and arthritic fingers)

A cell phone? What 6-year-old needs a cell phone? But this is grandma – anything is possible. I can buy silly crap for the grandkids and leave the parents to deal with the aftermath …

SCRIBBLES & GIGGLES ——–Dear Geoff,
I have spent the last 1/2 hour trying to explain why we are at war in Afghanistan to Halie, who is now 8, and what is is that you are doing over there ….

FOR the first time in 37 years, I am in a home with no children.
I don’t know whether to cry or celebrate.
I’ve finally reached my lifelong goal – to get to the point where I can no longer be under investigation by Child Protective Services. Even though every time we are together, my 37-year-old daughter [...]

For nearly 17 years, I’ve been writing columns for various newspapers and now, for this Web site.

(Warning: This is the Web! Full of vile and disgusting stuff. Turn back now if you are offended by the words ass, politician, uterus,Tijuana, titmouse, betcha, Republican, cabbagehead, betcha ass or Democrat.)
The day after John McCain picked Sarah Palin as his running mate, my brother asked me why I was not running for vice president.
After [...]

I have perfected a technique for raising children called Post It parenting.
Throughout all four of my childrens’ upbringing, I was raising them by the “letter” or, in my case – letters. During the last several years – when my youngest two were teens – I was a single parent working two jobs, and we often communicated with notes [...]

Grandma’s diary:A little nervous about this week-long babysitting gig in Florida. They only see me a few times a year. What if they don’t like me? What if some crazed methhead – I hear Florida is fairly crawling with crazed methheads – tries to get us while I’m taking the kids for a walk? I’m [...]

By Viv Sade
For Buscovoice.com
You know you are a Busconian — a.k.a. Old Busco Folk — if:
You remember when the Magic Wand had carhops.
You were a carhop at the Magic Wand.
You still call CVS Hooks.
You bought groceries at Honest John Shelton’s — now Egolf’s IGA — when it was located downtown at the corner of Washington [...]

I’ve decided to run for president.
Come on – everyone else is.
All I have to do is outsmart Obama and outlive McCain.
My platform? Health care for every American!
Right now you are shaking your head and asking,” What the h#@&?”
But, stick with me here …
Some Americans have health care coverage through their companies, which they can get [...]

By Viv Sade
For Buscovoice.com
I was talking to a group of friends the other day, and an amazing thing came to light.
I have friends.
No, wait, that wasn’t it.
Oh yeah.
We’re getting old.
This great revelation came on the heels of a conversation where one of my friends — we’ll call her Cheryl ’cause that’s her name — was [...]