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Lisa Graff's essays have appeared in Woman's World Magazine and the Washington Post. She resides in Lewes, Delaware. Reach her at lgraff1979@gmail.com. Find her on Facebook: Our Senior Yearbook: Cape Gazette, Twitter: @lisajgraff1 and her website: lisajgraff.com.

Do you forget your mask too?

Lisa Graff
3 years ago
You’d think by now, my husband and I would be prepared with masks in our possession at all times...

I caught a fish and ate it for dinner!

Lisa Graff
3 years ago
My only fishing experience to date had been surf casting off the Ocean City shoreline as a young...

Say thank you to restaurant staff!

Lisa Graff
3 years ago
Everyone should be made to serve tables in a restaurant at least once in their lives. Only then...

Hold me, Mama Bear

Lisa Graff
3 years ago
On a recent visit with my two grandchildren, they pretended that they were baby bears and I was...

How far would you go for family?

Lisa Graff
3 years ago
How many miles would you travel to reach family? The answer is 7,505 miles, if you are bold and...

One starfish, one daughter’s gift

Lisa Graff
3 years ago
Years ago, my husband and I traveled to Vancouver, British Columbia, with our daughter Lena. We...

Businesses are keeping us safe!

Lisa Graff
3 years ago
My column for Feb. 28, 2020, was titled, “Travel while you can.” My point was that it’s important...

Celebrate Father’s Day in your own way

Lisa Graff
3 years ago
Growing up in the 1950s was a time when fathers ruled the roost. My mother anticipated the half-...

Cellphones have changed us!

Lisa Graff
3 years ago
As seniors, we know life before computers, email, cellphones and social media. In the last few...

Customers are like family to local business owners

Lisa Graff
3 years ago
We are all discovering the activities we miss the most now that our lives are governed by this...

Keep walking – at a safe distance!

Lisa Graff
3 years ago
Social distancing is my new favorite pastime. Every day, I walk some distance to discover a new...

Seniors focus on the positives

Lisa Graff
4 years ago
The COVID-19 virus has disrupted and forever altered many lives. Yet I have witnessed some positive...

The SDARJ seeks a loving community for all

Lisa Graff
4 years ago
Charlotte King had an awakening five years ago. In transitioning out of her role as state president...

How do you light up a room?

Lisa Graff
4 years ago
A recent article titled “Let there be better light” (March 7-8, 2020) in the Wall Street Journal...

Travel while you still can

Lisa Graff
4 years ago
How adventurous are you? Brave enough to visit Antarctica? A few weeks ago, members of the Coastal...

Sisters have stories to share

Lisa Graff
4 years ago
I asked my friend Amie Sloan if she enjoyed seeing the latest film version of “Little Women.” Born...

Father-and-son swim team share benefits of active...

Lisa Graff
4 years ago
Chuck Rynkowski, who grew up in the Wilmington neighborhood of Browntown, says his favorite...

Memory care screenings offer info for seniors

Lisa Graff
4 years ago
In my Sept. 13, 2019 column, “Community support is vital for Alzheimer’s walk,” I referenced the...

New resolutions – or reaffirmations?

Lisa Graff
4 years ago
New resolutions? Hmm. I am no good with transitions. Like a kid, I need someone to say, “In 10...

Cookie walk treats come right to my door

Lisa Graff
4 years ago
I have never been to a cookie walk, but every Christmas, my neighbor Sue brings a one-pound...

A lesson learned on Christmas

Lisa Graff
4 years ago
“Some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle and end. Life is about not knowing, having to...

Don’t be sad when you can be glad!

Lisa Graff
4 years ago
“The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play So we sat in the house...

Reaching the beach takes time

Lisa Graff
4 years ago
Every summer, my parents took me and my five sisters to Ocean City, Md. We looked forward to...

Imagine – books for every child!

Lisa Graff
4 years ago
Did you know that the Lewes Public Library is the busiest library in Sussex County? One reason is...

Parents do the best they can!

Lisa Graff
4 years ago
My friend Carolyn and I were having lunch over the weekend, when we noticed an elderly woman...

Artists, writers and musicians thrive here!

Lisa Graff
4 years ago
In 2012, I began facilitating a writing event between the Rehoboth Art League and the Rehoboth...

Community support is vital for Alzheimer’s walk Sept...

Lisa Graff
4 years ago
Wendy Biggs, clad in a purple T-shirt emblazoned with the words Wendy’s Warriors, is passionate...

Is there a road map to aging?

Lisa Graff
4 years ago
Several of my friends have just left my living room where we discussed Mary Pipher’s latest book, “...

Chautauqua: Summer lifelong learning!

Lisa Graff
4 years ago
For years, I have heard friends talk about the annual summer Chautauqua Institution in upstate New...

The dog days of summer

Lisa Graff
4 years ago
“The Art of Racing in the Rain” by Garth Stein is special because the narrator of the story is a...

Garden enthusiasts surround us

Lisa Graff
4 years ago
I love when a column invites enthusiasm from my readers. Reader Margaret Kimmel is a volunteer at...

Where are all the butterflies?

Lisa Graff
4 years ago
For the past four years, my neighbor Marianne has been raising monarch butterflies inside her home...

Celebrating Medicare with key lime pie

Lisa Graff
4 years ago
Birthdays with key lime pie! As my Medicare card arrived in the mail, I can’t help but contrast my...

There is joy in goat yoga

Lisa Graff
4 years ago
Yesterday I took a yoga class with a herd of energetic goats. People from all age groups tried to...

Honor the farmers who sustain us

Lisa Graff
4 years ago
I’m standing in line to buy fresh eggs from the egg lady at the Historic Lewes Farmers Market. She...

My husband is beeping

Lisa Graff
4 years ago
Beep. Beep. My coffee is ready. Beep. Beep. The toast has risen. Stupid beep. Another stupid beep...

Have you saved enough?

Lisa Graff
4 years ago
My husband and I are extremely fortunate that we had a retirement plan which has allowed us to live...

Traveling mercies lift the spirits

Lisa Graff
5 years ago
As I was planning a trip to France, a friend remarked that she wouldn’t feel safe traveling to...

Come splash with us!

Lisa Graff
5 years ago
You can’t take yourself too seriously if you have a pink foam noodle under each foot and are...

You have won the lottery!

Lisa Graff
5 years ago
When people ask each other why they chose to retire to the Delaware coast, there seems to be one...

Seniors with big hearts

Lisa Graff
5 years ago
When the time comes, how do seniors and their loved ones find safe and compassionate care so they...

What do you forget?

Lisa Graff
5 years ago
I think my husband is getting Alzheimer’s, and he thinks I am the one who forgets everything. I can...

A detour, not a roadblock

Lisa Graff
5 years ago
Anticipating the road closure on Beaver Dam Road, I was on Fisher Road yesterday, waiting at the...

Find some lustre in your life!

Lisa Graff
5 years ago
Longtime readers have noticed that my column title is new. Out with Retirement 101. In with Our...

TED talks for seniors

Lisa Graff
5 years ago
Listening to TED talks is enjoyable to me. TED Conferences LLC (Technology, Entertainment, Design)...

All I want for Christmas

Lisa Graff
5 years ago
Sometimes the holiday season feels like one long train of events where I ride in the caboose with...

Drawing doesn’t have to be perfect

Lisa Graff
5 years ago
Do you doodle at the top of a scrap of paper and long to add more details to your work? You might...

Black Friday or Leafy Greens Day?

Lisa Graff
5 years ago
It’s Black Friday today. That precious day when you can be the first online shopper to buy anything...

Honoring our own veterans

Lisa Graff
5 years ago
My father was a talented artist. My sisters and I each inherited one of his oil paintings. Six...

Let’s start a No Name-Calling Allowed Day

Lisa Graff
5 years ago
My mother used to say, “If you don’t have anything nice to say, say nothing at all.” It seems to me...

High school reunion time!

Lisa Graff
5 years ago
A few weeks ago, I overheard fellow members at our monthly American Association of University Women...

Can we afford to travel?

Lisa Graff
5 years ago
When our daughter attended college, she seized an opportunity to attend Semester at Sea. SAS is a...