There are Renaissance Faires and Medieval Festivals all over, but there is something really special about King Richard’s Faire. I can’t quite put a finger on it. Maybe it’s the property dedicated to King Richard’s Faire each time a year. Maybe it is New England in the Fall, or maybe it’s just the camaraderie. The…
Category: Parenting
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Shorthands, Texting, Cannibalism and Punctuation
With all our shorthands, emoticons, tweets and texts, sometimes it is good to have a reminder that punctuation matters.
The Birthday Cookie: Recipe Included
Sometime’s a child’s request is a snowball of ‘little things’ that make you feel like you are at the end of your rope. You are packing lunches, figuring out schedules, trying to find a new sitter, exhausted from the 1 a.m. request to come “lie with me because I’m sneezy and I can’t sleep” and…
Some Days: Hanging vs. Hanging Out
Made with Rhonna Designsp Some days are just harder than others. Thank goodness there is always tomorrow.
Fall Sniffles Smoothie (Recipe)
I feel a cold coming on… Time to upgrade my morning with a smoothie. Olivia’s Organics was on sale at Whole Foods (Fresh Pond) so I bought a container of baby arugula for the Cat Cora salad I made last night, and I bought a container of baby spinach because we love spinach. This was…
Magical Ride: Cavalia’s Odysseo is in Town
As you may or may not know I’ve been a huge fan of Cirque du Soleil from the early days…when I was a poor student in Montreal, too poor to see the show, but found a way to see clips and follow them season after season until I could afford a ticket and was able,…
After the First Day of School
After the morning photos of 1st Day of school grins, with relative sizes of backpacks, levels of toothlessness, what is there? Well, these days there is the requisite Facebook status update, or Instagram photo, and then we head our separate ways to home, to work, to our PureBarre classes, and various non-traditional workspaces. Then comes…
Looking Forward: Changing Seasons & New Routines
I don’t remember getting new outfits, backpacks or lunch boxes each year for school. There were no #BTS haircuts, shopping trips, Instagram photos at the bus. My mom was not a shopper nor was she a photographer iPhone, 35 mm film, Polaroid or not. I still got the ‘back to school’ butterflies and excitement nonetheless….
The Ebb and Flow of a Vacation
Whether you watched the tides go out and come in, or you went to the city, or mountains or valleys, like every day, a vacation has its own ebb and flow. Really, each day has an ebb and flow, as does each year, each season. To every action there is a reaction and sometimes the…
Size Matters: Sand, Stars, and NPR
On the beach today we play and live science, unforced, just curious…. (Made with Rhonna Designs.) Luckily, as the children sit buried toe to waist in sand, I can grab my phone and Google brings me to NPR for some insights. Which Is Greater, The Number Of Sand Grains On Earth Or Stars In The…
Learning Beyond School: Classes, Enrichment and After School
I miss the days of playing in our street until dusk. Until, one by one, groups of siblings were called in for bath, dinner, bed. As a parent, I miss the afternoon gatherings of parents and babies, toddlers, tykes at the playground to prolong the inevitable arrival of ‘the witching hour’. Once school and after…
The App Life: Ink
I love my apps. Most of them are not games but I have fun playing. It’s just that I like to play with photos and social media. The rest of them are tools for my work/life and games for the kids. One of the newest apps that I love is Ink. I have always loved…
Leah's Life: Pearls and Oysters 