# grandmother (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover grandmother. Page: Feed: --- ## [A Different Kind of Activism](https://stellafosse.com/a-different-kind-of-activism/) _2026-08-20 · Stella Fosse · Stella Fosse_ Clinical studies of older adults are built to measure decline and nothing else. Stella Fosse on Becca Levy’s new research, the review boards that let one-sided studies through — and what any of us can do about it. ## [Burnout recovery; baby steps](https://verityvoron.bearblog.dev/burnout-recovery-baby-steps/) _2026-08-17 · verityvoron · ✨ bovenkamer ✨_ Home is where the cat, plants and books are 💕 When I was living on my own, I had a system that worked. Then I wanted to live together with my now husband, and I had to figure everything out for the two of us. It was not the first time of me living with a partner. The relationship before my husband was lasting for 2,5 years and I’ve lived for most of that time together with my ex. He already had a… ## [Just grateful](https://verityvoron.bearblog.dev/just-grateful/) _2026-08-16 · verityvoron · ✨ bovenkamer ✨_ I’m so grateful for little one finding someone where she can interact with in a harmonious way, like these two just understand each other and their play is always flowing. If there is a conflict they can mostly figure it out together, they are just so sweet and fun together. Whenever they want to play when schools out, it’s not a problem. It doesn’t cost me much energy to look after them. It’s… ## [Just some raw feels](https://verityvoron.bearblog.dev/just-some-raw-feels/) _2026-08-15 · verityvoron · ✨ bovenkamer ✨_ We saw the solar eclipse this week. A solar eclipse symbolizes profound transformation, a cosmic reset, and the sudden blending of light and shadow. Something that feels fitting in this season of my life.. It’s already a week ago since we’ve buried my grandmother, and reflecting upon the past week; I’ve been mostly very tired and down. I also noticed deeper feelings that I have been ignoring for a… ## [Two Women on a Mission](https://stellafosse.com/two-women-on-a-mission/) _2026-08-10 · Stephanie Shields · Stella Fosse_ Two Women on a Mission News flash: After Amba by Stephanie Shields is the Gold Medal Winner in the 2025 WSA Independent Book Awards for Adult Fiction. It’s late August 2025. This is us, Stella and me. Two women novelists of a certain age. We’re sharing a view and we’re sharing a vision. Two older \[…\] ## [Goodbye to the dearest grandparents](https://verityvoron.bearblog.dev/goodbye-to-the-dearest-grandparents/) _2026-08-10 · verityvoron · ✨ bovenkamer ✨_ My grandfather died in January this year. He had dementia, and for a few years we had thought he probably wouldn’t be with us for very much longer. When he died, he was 94 years old and had lived a beautiful life surrounded by his family: his children, grandchildren, and, for the last four years, his first great-grandchild — our daughter. In January, he fell and was in a lot of pain. He really… ## [When adhd gets quieter, autism gets louder…](https://verityvoron.bearblog.dev/when-adhd-gets-quieter-autism-gets-louder/) _2026-08-03 · verityvoron · ✨ bovenkamer ✨_ For the past few weeks I’ve been trying to understand what dexamfetamine actually does to me. Not whether it ‘works’ or ‘doesn’t work’, but how it changes the way I experience the world. At first I wasn’t sure what I was noticing. I kept saying that the medication made me feel ‘more autistic,’ which sounds strange because medication obviously can’t make someone more autistic. But that was the… ## [Grandmother died..](https://verityvoron.bearblog.dev/grandmother-died/) _2026-08-02 · verityvoron · ✨ bovenkamer ✨_ This is a very long, sort of diary of one big event during this week. I really needed to write this out of my system wordvomit But long story short; my grandmother got a cerebral infarction, got paralyzed in her left side, couldn’t swallow or speak anymore, and yesterday she died peacefully in her sleep. Now I’m on the camping, trying to keep in mind she would want me to enjoy this time with my… ## [I fixed my hard drive and accidentally started therapy](https://verityvoron.bearblog.dev/i-fixed-my-hard-drive-and-accidentally-started-therapy/) _2026-08-01 · verityvoron · ✨ bovenkamer ✨_ a very old Instagram photo with our beloved cat Moos, who has passed away in 2013 For a few years I have not been able to figure out why my external hard drive wasn’t showing on my laptop. My laptop is a MacBook Pro from 2009, so it is truly ancient. Right now it’s more a type of typemachine or time travel for videos and photos because even though I can use the internet, most websites won’t… ## [Shadow and Bone](https://verityvoron.bearblog.dev/shadow-and-bone/) _2026-07-25 · verityvoron · ✨ bovenkamer ✨_ Last year I started watching the show Shadow and Bone. I binged the whole thing because I really liked the story and characters. When I finished season 2, I immediately searched when season 3 would be aired. But, I was disappointed; they would not finish the show.. So for a while I tried to forget about it, but I just really wanted to know how the story would finish, and then thought about how… ## [Earn crypto from idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/qBGHk3KkTG0G) _2026-07-25 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI command, connect your GPU, and start receiving crypto payouts. ## [Inner healing journey](https://verityvoron.bearblog.dev/inner-healing-journey/) _2026-07-23 · verityvoron · ✨ bovenkamer ✨_ I have just started treatment for trauma again for the first time in 12 years. When I reflect on the past few years, many things have happened. Unfortunately, traumatic experiences as well, and I also realized that I sometimes react in certain ways because I am triggered by a situation, the tone of a voice, or a body posture, even when I am not in a traumatic situation. Sometimes I cannot… ## [A Taste of the Banquet](https://stellafosse.com/a-taste-of-the-banquet/) _2026-07-20 · Stella Fosse · Stella Fosse_ A Taste of the Banquet As I’ve interacted over the years with the marvelous women who create Crone Culture, I’ve often wished for one place where we could see it all: the books, the podcasts, the shows and movies that celebrate women past midlife. A place to learn more about the vibrant women who are \[…\] ## [Pen pals and Paper dreams](https://verityvoron.bearblog.dev/pen-pals-and-paper-dreams/) _2026-07-20 · verityvoron · ✨ bovenkamer ✨_ Lately, I’ve been really inspired to create stationery. It’s actually been a long-time dream of mine, and recently that dream got a little spark again; thanks to something I found while cleaning: my old Diddl folder full of stationery sheets. Of course, that sent me straight down the rabbit hole again. I started looking up Diddl online and found out… it’s making a comeback! I saw clips from people… ## [Summer vacation and being unfairly judged](https://verityvoron.bearblog.dev/summer-vacation-and-being-unfairly-judged/) _2026-07-18 · verityvoron · ✨ bovenkamer ✨_ Almost two weeks ago the summer vacation started, and this year I have a plan; I needed this because due to autism I need to know what I can expect and also with adhd it’s more difficult to think ahead. So when I don’t have a plan, I get more easily overwhelmed and I try to avoid that state of being as much as possible. Last year we had planned to go camping for two weeks. I was really looking… ## [Zero to Fifty](https://stellafosse.com/zero-to-fifty/) _2026-07-10 · Jacci Turner · Stella Fosse_ Zero to Fifty When I’m being interviewed, I often get the question, “When did you know you wanted to be a writer?” The answer is, it’s complicated. Not that I haven’t written off and on my whole life, I wrote a play in third grade, a reader’s theater in seventh, and there is a book \[…\] ## [Invent Your Own Goddess](https://stellafosse.com/invent-your-own-goddess/) _2026-06-20 · Stella Fosse · Stella Fosse_ Invent Your Own Goddess When pagan author Donna Henes was almost fifty she developed a surprising habit. She began praising herself over even the smallest thing. “Good girl!” she would say to herself if she took the stairs instead of the elevator, or if she really did drink eight glasses of water in a day. \[…\] ## [What Are Women Made Of?](https://stellafosse.com/what-are-women-made-of/) _2026-06-10 · Susan Meyer · Stella Fosse_ What Are Women Made Of? As I child, I remember reciting, What Are Little Girls Made of? Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice. Somehow, that never seemed right. The girls and women I knew were made of stronger stuff. Wanting to better define this, I began interviewing women as a graduate student and never stopped. \[…\] ## [A Politically Correct Scapegoat?](https://stellafosse.com/a-politically-correct-scapegoat/) _2026-05-20 · Stella Fosse · Stella Fosse_ A Politically Correct Scapegoat? Anthropologists have long debated the idea that targeting certain members of a society as “others” who don’t deserve care and respect has survival value for the group as a whole. If we assume that people have inborn tendencies toward violence, then focusing blame on a subgroup might support the cohesion of \[…\] ## [My Debut Novel](https://stellafosse.com/my-debut-novel/) _2026-05-10 · Jan Flynn · Stella Fosse_ My Debut Novel – and I’m 72 And never once has a publishing professional asked about my age There are a few, vanishingly rare, incidents in life when the stars line up in such a way that you begin to doubt the evidence of your own senses. As in, I’ll wake up soon, because this \[…\] ## [Adjusting to the Now, Over and Over Again](https://stellafosse.com/adjusting-to-the-now-over-and-over-again/) _2026-04-20 · Stella Fosse · Stella Fosse_ Adjusting to the Now, Over and Over Again Last week I attended a conference in Santa Fe, Quest 2026, all about vivid aging for older women. One of the speakers was Kat Miller, a counselor and pro-aging activist who talked about falling in love with impermanence (“Crazy, right?” she said). Kat urged each of us \[…\] ## [Privacy-first AI-native browser (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/71a4ST61XQgO) _2026-04-20 · **Sponsored**_ No telemetry or ads — built on Ungoogled Chromium with a built-in AI sidebar and CLI. ## [The Gray New Deal](https://stellafosse.com/the-gray-new-deal/) _2026-04-10 · Miriam Kuznets · Stella Fosse_ The Gray New Deal My first published novel, The Gray New Deal, is appearing as I turn 63. In the novel, seven seniors who shared a college co-op in Austin fifty years ago reunite to create another co-op. Together, this intentional community navigates Trump 1.0 and the first years of the pandemic. They’re a diverse \[…\] ## [Artificial? Yes. Intelligence? Maybe.](https://stellafosse.com/artificial-yes-intelligence-maybe/) _2026-03-20 · Stella Fosse · Stella Fosse_ Artificial? Yes. Intelligence? Maybe. Years ago my son bought the house Marion Zimmer Bradley owned at the end of her life. She lived there in community with the writers who ghost wrote many of her later novels. Those books, published under Zimmer’s name to take advantage of her established readership, really did literally take advantage \[…\] ## [My Journey to C-PTSD Recovery](https://legit-writing-tips.tumblr.com/post/789994183731576832) _2025-07-24 · fais-de-beaux-reves · https://legit-writing-tips.tumblr.com/_ legit-writing-tips : TW: Abuse, domestic violence I’m taking a moment today to speak about something incredibly important to me - I have been dealing with complex-PTSD for ten years now. My symptoms became markedly worse after experiencing a car accident in 2015 - however, I have had complex-PTSD for much longer due to the trauma I experienced during my childhood. Though I loved my grandmother… ## [Greetings!](https://legit-writing-tips.tumblr.com/post/772707925347155968) _2025-01-15 · fais-de-beaux-reves · https://legit-writing-tips.tumblr.com/_ Hello! I know its been a long time since I posted here and fortunately, there’s a very good reason for that. As many of you who may have been regular followers of mine may know, I was dealing with a lot of very challenging issues for many years. TW: for discussion of trauma, PTSD and related issues I had a car accident in 2015 shortly after the passing of my grandmother, which left me…