contents 14 TECH TALK Is blogging right for you? 3 GRAND VIEW Welcome to our 15th anniversary issue! TED TALK - The power of vulnerability 16 COVER STORY STING A most uncommon, common man 7 POETRY 8 GRANDPARENTING The grandkids are gone A five-facet review of your grandchildren 10 ASK DR. GRAMMA KAREN Grandparents lament 4 GRAND SEPT-OCT 2019 BOOKS Paul McCartney's new book 26 WEB WATCH Healthy knees, please! 28 INVISIBLE GRANDPARENTS Learning the language of gender 31 ESSAY Grandmas are needed more than ever 34 GRAND LIVING Connect your grandkids to nature (before it's too late) How to exercise your compassion muscle Meet Valeria Wood-Gaiger 13 GRANDFAMILIES 21 NATURE LEGACY OF THE YEAR 32 HEALTH Are you a silver disobedient? 36 23 2019 GRANDPARENT 11 AGELESS LIVING A salute to Donna Butts CLICK HERE FOR THE GRAND MAGAZINE MASTHEAD 30 Heroin: What I wish I had known Living with intention is the fountain of youth 38 GRAND FINALE Way forward: facing climate change Give the GIFT OF GRAND... Just click here!https://www.facebook.com/GRANDmagazine/ https://www.twitter.com/grandMmagazine http://www.readgrand.com/ http://www.grandmagazine.com/pdfs/masthead.pdf http://www.grandmagazine.com/pdfs/masthead.pdf http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/grand-magazine/id465646738?mt=8 http://bit.ly/GRANDAPP