Relationships and Going Places

Among all women ages 40-44, the proportion that has never given birth, 18% in 2008, has grown by 80% since 1976, when it was 10%. There were 1.9 million childless women ages 40-44 in 2008, compared with nearly 580,000 in 1976.  Nearly one-in-five American women ends her childbearing years without having borne a child, compared with one-in-ten in the 1970s. While childlessness has risen for all rac… more »

For a third summer, we're assembling a camp experience for our grandchildren with grandparents as camp counselors. We happened upon these activities, based on architecture, at the Victoria and Albert site. We're adding them to our Camp Gray folder. more »

I have a subconscious distrust of the spoken word — or maybe that might be explained by too many decades of listening to political speeches. I'm convinced that I can read aloud. I can't find anyone who wants to listen to what I'd like to read, and second, I'm beginning to think I'll never find the perfect vehicle for my dream talent so that I can hold an audience rapt. more »

One evening, leaving Abbotsford, the home of Sir Walter Scott, having seen the amazing library, the stunning collection of armoury, the peacocks on the lawns, we headed for our destination for the night, the magical Trossachs hotel, but the coach driver, unfamiliar with this particular trip, took a wrong turning and we completely lost our bearings. more »