Bonnie Willet:  

Life Travels: I've traveled for business and fun.. coast-to-coast and a few spots away from the good old U.S. Life: Most people have or have had, their share of challenges. I've had mine and can appreciate the joys, sadnesses, hopes and achievements of others. By their senior years, most people these days still look forward to more growth and continued learning. I certainly do. Color my world- I spent a good number of years as a professional artist, and now, no longer active in that field, I focus my creativity on digital scrapbooking. Have camera will travel- my 35mm SLRs have been replaced by the quick, spontaneous "snaps" of a Sony Digital Mavica. While resolution can't touch that of more current cameras, my "storage vault" of inexpensive photo "floppies" makes me smile. I don't ever have to empty them to take more photos. I can keep every desired frame forever. It's a psychological thing of course. Keep in mind as you read this, that as a compulsive collector I also feel the need to save every book, rock, and shell I touch! Grandchildren... Is there any greater blessing to Grandparents? I've so enjoyed sharing my husband's 4 grandchildren and watching them grow over the years. Now with my own little blue-eyed, curly blonde patch of family chromosones bouncing around, splashing in a toddler pool, giving "butterfly kisses", I have the opportunity to observe a "3- generation-geneology" at work in a fun and marvelous way! Trust me, when this bundle of mental and physical energy visits us, we have no problem burning up pleny of calories just trying to keep up! I swear I have never seen such fast hands! Little Vicki is 3 years old, now. When she visits, Vicki works with toddler computer programs...Expand for more