I’ve written it many times before, here and elsewhere, “If There Is No Struggle, There Is No Progress.” Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but that profoundly simple Frederick Douglass quote has been my mantra for decades and as such, it is a line I deliver often today […]
My autumns once looked very different than they do today. Oh, there were still copious amounts of dry, crunchy leaves of various hues scattered across the .43 acres I call home, but today the autumnal sounds and sights emanating from the 46” glowing box which hangs from a wall painted […]
You’ll have to take my word for it, as none of the pieces have yet to be published, but I’ve been writing quite extensively about the deep culinary ditch I currently find myself lying semi-unconsciously in when it comes to school lunches…and after school snacks…and dinners. Frankly, I’m not exactly […]
It’s loud, it’s raucous and it is intoxicated but damn, New Orleans a magical place to visit with kids. My family spent a long weekend there in the fall of 2014 and I’ve written up a handy guide for having the best weekend in the Big Easy with kids for […]
Aside from the decision whether or not to plunk down, say, $1200 for a Sleep Number, Simmons, Serta or another brand of mattress invariably beginning with the letter ‘S’ after lying horizontal while fully clothed, sneakers on, for a period of time not greater than 23 seconds, is anything more […]
The October episode of the podcast has been so graciously sponsored by . Check out their Triple Everything Calling/Texting/Data Plans and great android phones. Lots of great stuff this month, including new songs from The Pop Ups, Gustafer Yellowgold and Tim Kubart (of Postmodern Jukebox, Sprout’s Sunny Side Up Show […]
OWTK is a compensated brand ambassador for TracFone’s #TracFoneFamily campaign. All opinions expressed below are honest and unbiased, as always. Young kids and cellphones. Not quite Pandora’s Box, but things can get heated when parents holding opposing viewpoints square off over the how, when and why of it all […]
Thank you, Mrs. Yoder. Thank you, Camp Invention. Thank you for doing what I’m not always capable of doing if surrounded by all that glue, all those shreds of paper, all those nuts and bolts, all the eager hands in there bumping against each other longing to be a part […]
