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Welcome to the Education with Grandma Blog
Below you will find essays, articles and posts. To read about a specific topic, click on one of the links below and scroll down.


Barbara Frandsen
Jul 17, 2022
Responding to Horror
How does any ordinary citizen respond to endless shootings? Blacks and Latinos in minority neighborhoods, police working in our streets,...


Barbara Frandsen
Jul 17, 2022
Reject Hate: Love Police AND Blacks
The chasm between police and Black Americans deepened. Suspicions intensified. Ultimately, Americans watched three days of living horror....


Barbara Frandsen
Jul 16, 2022
Rejecting Racial Cruelty
Within the last forty-eight hours, two gunfire eruptions have ripped the fabric of our nation. To those who continually preach hatred and...


Barbara Frandsen
Jul 16, 2022
Being Kind is NOT a Lost Art
Has society fallen to a new despicable low? Hopefully, it has not. However, given the steady diet of doom and gloom provided by news...


Barbara Frandsen
Jul 16, 2022
Halt! Border Patrol Here
“Oh NO! They’re swarming Grandpa,” shouted Dalton. Similar to workers streaming out of a disturbed anthill, border patrol poured out of a...


Barbara Frandsen
Jul 16, 2022
Generating Unacceptable Price Tags with Frenzied Hate
Who doesn’t wonder, “Does my life make a difference?” Everyone wants to leave a mark on the world. I imagine that the young man who...


Barbara Frandsen
Jul 16, 2022
Amusing the Kids in Wild West Style
My daddy was my hero. No question about it. In honor of Father’s Day, I share this story of Daddy and my younger cousins who referred to...


Barbara Frandsen
Jul 16, 2022
Wobbling Thankfully With Aging Legs
Years ago, the realization that my son required more physical space in the universe than I did, seemed like a shocking revelation. After...


Barbara Frandsen
Jul 16, 2022
Enjoying the Zigs and Zags of Six Flags
“Let’s take the boys to Six Flags!” Ten years ago, Chris and I had taken the two older grandsons to Six Flags. I conveniently forgot that...


Barbara Frandsen
Jul 16, 2022
Taking Precautions to Be Safe
Back Home in Texas May 27, 2016 A crash of thunder, which seemed only inches away jolted me out of bed. In the living room of the RV, I...
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