About.com
- health tips for computer users
Active Lives - aimed at 'silver surfers'
Easy crafts - to do with grandchildren
and others
Eric Elder - introductory seminars on using
the Net
igrandparents.com
Silver Hairs.co.uk - UK site for seniors
seehowtheygrow.com - lots of advice on helping
your grandchildren
Veritas Nursery - online Christian-run nursery
for gardeners
- If
you're a grandparent, or just want to prepare ahead of time (!),
pay a visit to www.igrandparents.com
While it may be American with a capital A, there's enough interesting
material to justify your time. And it's not all homespun, folky
wisdom from the rocking chair!
- If
you're after free online workshops - well, there's a voluntary donation
suggested - check out the 60-minute seminars on Net safety, making
the most of the Net, and your church and Net offered by US pastor
and Internet consultant Eric
Elder And if you find yourself aching after a spell in front
of the screen, you might find 10
Tips for Easier, Gentler Computing a great help ...
- One
of the latest additions to the growing roster of sites aimed at
'silver surfers' is the positively named Active
Lives. There's stacks of content, although some of it you might
have seen elsewhere. Likely to develop healthily, though
- If
you'd classify yourself as a senior surfer, here's a specifically
British site aimed at helping you get to grips with computer software
and hardware, as well as pointing you to good sites and giving you
tips on building your own: www.silverhairs.co.uk
- We
know God can communicate through the beauty of creation, but did
you know there's a nursery that specialises in plants mentioned
in the Bible? No? Well check out Veritas Nursery run by Craig Jamieson
of Girvan in Ayrshire. It's a world first, it delivers by mail order
and you can find it at www.fragrantgarden.co.uk
- More
and more 'silver surfers' are getting online these days - and of
course there are many grandparents who quite a bit younger! Whatever
your age, you'll be interested in seehowtheygrow.com
- a very busy site to help you relate to your grandchildren, and
to each other.
- Looking
for something to do with your young grandkids? Trying to find some
activities for those in nursing homes or suffering from Alzheimer's
or dementia? There are some fun but easy to do crafts for all at
http://seniorliving.about.com/library/crafts/blcraft_index.htm
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