Sept. 7is National Grandparents Day so I wanted to tell you a little about my grandpop. Some folks had quiet grandfathers, the kind who read, played checkers and napped. Not me; mine could have stolen newspaper headlines: “Road Alert: Pop McCart has just turned the key in his ’47 Ford. Pop was last spotted driving erratically down Haddon Avenue, shaking his fist out the window.”

Besides being a terrible driver, Grandpop also made elderberry wine in the basement.