Article: May Say She's A Dreamer, But Oma's Not the Only One.(Media&Society)

Byline: Ralph Gardner Jr.

The budding cherry blossoms. The soft breeze fluttering the sails of the model boats on Conservatory Pond. These aren't the only signs of spring in Central Park. There's also the return on my 104-year-old grandmother and her cronies to their respective benches at Strawberry Fields. A lot of people stop making friends by the time they turn 75. Or 50. Some people I know threw in the towel at 30. But well into her third century (she was born in 1899), Grandma is still adding names to her Rolodex, metaphorically speaking.

Among her newer acquaintances, seated nearby when I visited her at her perch on a recent warm afternoon, were ...

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