Letters to My Granddaughter artwork

Letters to My Granddaughter

8 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 rating

For two months, Cynthia Blomquist Gustavson wrote a handwritten letter each day to her granddaughter. It turns out, these are the messages all of us need right now, and the small things are the only things that give sense and solace.

Kids & Family Arts Books family letters to granddaughter poetry for kids children's poetry poetry books
Homepage Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed

Episodes

08. Which do you want, olives or pie?

March 05, 2021 18:36 - 13 minutes - 24.8 MB

🫒 🌰You like olives, I like nuts. 0:26 🥛 Your great-grandma, Dorothy did not like milk and cheese. 1:27 😬 The yogurt only looks like an icecream, but it is not tasty at all. 2:49 🎣 Why your uncle Kent don't eat fish. 04:35 🫐 I love wild berries because they are growing free. 7:10 🥦 You like vegetables, I don't like them much but wild asparagus.. 8:25 🥩 The ham for dinner is wonderful. 9:26 🌯👶 Your first words to us: Black bean. 10:33 🍽️ Nursery poem Jack Sprat and His Wife 11...

07. Where is your heart?

February 11, 2021 11:00 - 10 minutes - 19.8 MB

🤸 Country kids and city kids. 0:05 ️🏕️ I loved to wander in nature. 1:27 ️🏙️ Papa loved to play in the park. 3:16 🐸 Tree frog in our pot. 4:49 🐻 The wild outdoors around us. 5:20

6. New beginnings

February 04, 2021 22:58 - 9 minutes - 18.4 MB

👋Bye-bye 2020. 0:05  💌 Letter a day. 0:54 4️⃣ Four things on my mind. 5:00 ‍ 👩‍🎓 Moving to Boston. 6:00  😇 I learned a lot and was a good student. 6:50 🌟 Challenges make us stronger. 8:25

05. What are you waiting For?

December 15, 2020 23:29 - 8 minutes - 16.4 MB

🎄 Christmas decoration. 0:03 🕯️ Advent and Santa Lucia's Day. 0:27 🌞 We wait for a lot of things. 2:45 ❄️ What are you waiting for? 5:54 👵 In the waiting is when I lived my life. 7:46

04. Superpowers

December 04, 2020 19:29 - 7 minutes - 13.8 MB

☕ I love coffee and Starbucks. 0:25 🍰 Grammy, let's go to a Square box. 1:45 🦸‍♀️ Find your own superpowers.  3:12 ⭐ Ask for help when you need it. 5:48

03. Little White Lies

November 30, 2020 23:00 - 8 minutes - 16.1 MB

🫐 Picking berries.  0:05 🎇 4th of July potluck 0:49 👀 Little White lie. 3:20 👀 Keep your eyes open to the world. 7:46

02. Banana Bread

October 23, 2020 22:34 - 3 minutes - 6.74 MB

🍌 Making banana bread.  😋 Changing recipes. 🙌 Life is about change. Have fun with that.

To My Granddaughter

October 14, 2020 22:10 - 6 minutes - 11.1 MB

🚵‍♀️A bike ride   🪶 Canada geese.  ☁️ Learning to fly. 💖Taking care of each other. 🌟The world is a beautiful place.