All the girls

Here is my mother - all thrilled with technology - discovering she is actually talking in real time with granddaughter Nell, who teaches in a small town south of Nanjing.

When my mother was born, nearly 90 years back, international communication was by telegram.

Today, Nell was able to wish her sister a happy 21st, and we all sang happy birthday together over the internet. She only got a virtual slice of cake, though..