Granny lived alone until she was well in her 90’s, and every day took the local bus down to Santa Cruz to attend the Santa Cruz Board of Supervisors meetings, which were public, and to criticize everything said. She slept on a carved wooden Chinese headrest. She didn’t believe in baths or showers, and only took sponge and foot baths. (She had a sink installed on the floor of her bathroom for that special purpose.)

          Once she went to an auction, and on the spur of a moment, purchased 35 marble sinks. Her crowning achievement, however, was Louella’s Diary. Louella was the town lady who was, to put it politely, very popular with the men, and after she died suddenly, her estate went up for auction. It had hideous imitation French furniture, which Granny promptly bought, and hidden in one piece were Louella’s collected diaries. The greatest delight of her life was to go up to businessmen in the Bubble Bakery downtown at lunch, shake her finger at them, and cackle, "I read about you in Louella’s Diary!"