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 The History Of The Apron I don't think our kids Know what an apron is. The principal use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath because she only had a few. It was also because it was easier to wash aprons than dresses and aprons used less material. But along with that, it served as a potholder for removing Hot pans from the oven. It was wonderful for drying...

Grandma’s A Techie by Sunie Levin What’s this world coming to? I’m an 80-year-old techie now! Me! With nine grandkids. How could this possibly have happened? Well, truth of the matter is that perhaps I’m not really a techie, but I’m farther along than I’d ever dreamed--so far along that people actually call me for help. Between you and me, most of the...

Pat PacielloIt's surprising how an insignificant event can make a lifetime impression. Grandma Lucy lived in the next building from me in an apartment complex located in the Bronx. She, without question, made the best Jell-O dessert of all time. Bill Cosby should have put her on the payroll to help him pitch the product. Her Jell-O was filled with all kinds of fruit, but the key to this culinary...

Grandma Rudy just about wrote my first term paper… I was in the 11th grade and I had to write a paper on the Great Depression. We didn’t have computers or the internet then, and, our set of encyclopedias only went to the letter “C” since Dad stopped shopping at the ACME supermarket that year. That weekend we had our usual Sunday dinner at Grandma’s and Grandpa’s, so...