My Grandma

My Grandma Newton

• had no automobile;
• had no television;
• had no radio;
• had no telephone;
• had an ice box instead of a refrigerator until 1952;
• had no modern record player;
• didn't own a book except a Bible;
• didn't think much of music except hymns;
• didn't approve of my father's choice of profession;
• didn't approve of dancing;
• didn't approve of alcohol;
• didn't approve of card playing;
• would play Dominoes with me by the hour;
• never left the house, even to go to church, most of her adult life;
• basically had no life at all;
• but was probably well-suited for playing Farmville.

It was not until recently that it ever occurred to me that there was anything unusual about her.