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Just thinking

Soon to be grandmother times two

I'm a grandmother of one, and I'm teetering on the edge of being a grandmother of two. When my second grandchild is born, strangers will no doubt think I'm an old hand at this game, a seasoned nana who knows her way around today's diapers. In fact, I can't tell the top of a diaper from the bottom.

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Day by day

Technology lifts quality of life for those with hearing loss

The short of it: I became deaf. The long of it: I learned how to cope.

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As it were

Weekly columns
By Ed Lentz

May 25, 2013 | Currently: 62° Partly Cloudy