CMAP Chronicles
Stay up-to-date on the latest trends, tips, and topics with these short, informative, and fun-to-read articles written by CMAP staff & guest contributors.
Oct 28 2025
Marilyn Aronberg Lavin
“After signing up for nine consecutive sessions of ‘Time to Tell Your Story,’ the memoir writing class led by Wendy Humphrey, I can say my life has been changed. I entered the class knowing only how to write for scholarly journals. Now I have a memoir in press that fills me with optimism and pride. Hail...
May 15 2024
Robert Morris
Challenges to Your Last Will and Testament?
As our society ages and intrafamily issues become more pronounced, older individuals may face increased prospects of a challenge to their last will...
May 14 2024
Ella Leving
Achilleas Antoniades — “This is not going to be a long story. It will be just enough to convey my love for these two little boys, whom I had the great fortune to read to this past year at Riverside.”
My...
May 10 2024
Ella Leving
Bob Swierczek, a United States Navy veteran, resides in Princeton, where he selflessly dedicates his time to various volunteer roles. He serves as a crossing guard for the police department,...
May 06 2024
Ella Leving
Meet Sheila Von Zumbusch, an educator with decades of experience teaching preschool and kindergarten at an independent school. Now retired, Sheila has spent the last fifteen years as a devoted...
Apr 25 2024
Ella Leving
Caroline Purnell has been a GrandPal for the past two years. She is retired from teaching French, Spanish, and ESL for adults, and embodies a deep passion for travel and multiculturalism.
“The...
Apr 22 2024
Ella Leving
Deb Pillow, originally from Michigan and with a background in teaching and storytelling, found her perfect fit in GrandPals after moving to Princeton from Arizona just two-and-a-half years ago....
Apr 12 2024
Ella Leving
Joan Kuskin is the grandmother of five wonderful adult granddaughters, and have very much missed the experience of reading to them as young children. It is therefore not surprising that her GrandPal...
Apr 12 2024
Ella Leving
Ellen Gilbert is a retired librarian. She has been doing GrandPals for about a hundred-million years, and thinks it’s the bee’s knees.
“Early on, Camryn was quick to point out...
Apr 11 2024
Ella Leving
GrandPal Frank: Spreading Joy One Fist Bump at a Time
In the heart of our GrandPals sessions, amid the pages turned and stories shared, there exists a moment of pure magic that captures the...









