It’s 2010 and everything feels so damn disposable. Traditions, however small, involving family and/or longtime close friends become more valuable. They’re critical to raising introspective kids with a sense of purpose and a scope beyond their immediate impulses and desires. That is what I jotted down while driving home from […]
I’m always surprised by just how much I like this particular Christmas tune. It’s got an “Amazing Grace” quality that soothes and pleases me to no end, in spite of it’s religiousness. Lloyd Miller of the Brooklyn kindie band The Deedle Deedle Dees gives a nice rendition via his Youtube […]
I couldn’t help myself. The last trick-or-treater had just walked away as I pulled down the basket of Christmas books from the Bear’s closet. Christmastime is far and away my favorite time of year; the smell of pine, the anticipation of what Santa will leave under the tree, baking cookies, […]
When selecting a gift for a preschooler, kindergartner or grade school-age kid, I’d like to think that you couldn’t go wrong with anything I’ve featured here on OWTK (especially the music). That said, below are some choice 2010 holiday gift options for young children, divided into 4 1/2 sections. MUSIC […]
The Bear and Mouse each received, roughly, 7 gifts from Santa and 8 from The Mrs. and I. That doesn’t include the 2 joint gifts from the jolly ol’ elf and another pair from us, stocking stuffers here or at Mom mom & Pop pop’s, or gifts from family members. […]
No idea when she planned/prepared this, but The Bear gave The Mrs. and I a gift on Christmas Day. It was a postcard that she’d purchased in Newport, RI during the summer. It had been lying around her room ever since. At some point on Christmas eve or day, she […]
The Muppets joined Jimmy Fallon and The Roots to sing “12 Days of Christmas”. Fallon looks genuinely unnerved at first, but warms up a bit. Pretty sweet stuff. Check it:
Kids grow up, get married, and start families of their own. It’s at this point, or maybe it actually happens earlier – during the growing up bit – that kids start to become detached from their parents. Phone conversations become more and more infrequent, y’all see each other even less. […]
