Archive for Regional and Town Information
Bad Girls: Sirens, Jezebels, Murderesses, Thieves & Other Female Villains
Mar
26
2013
New Book Portrays History’s Bad Girls with a Modern Twist Delilah. Cleopatra. Anne Bonney. Catherine the Great. Mata Hari. Bonnie Parker. Just a few of history’s bad girls. Or are they? Might they just be misunderstood girls? Smart, strong, outspoken girls? Or girls who are victims of bad circumstance? In their new book, Bad Girls: [continue reading]
Parenting Possibilities: We Are All Meant to Shine
Mar
25
2013
Getting Out of Our Own Way In her recent interview in Time Magazine’s March edition and in her TED.com talk which received over 2 million views, Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s powerhouse Chief Operating Officer speaks to why women still have not achieved equality in the workforce. She acknowledges that very real barriers still exist like sexism, [continue reading]
Let’s Play: Keeping the Childhood Love of Drawing Alive!
Mar
20
2013
Free Draw for Free Play For a few years I was experimenting with effective drawing projects and trying to spread a love and excitement for art with college freshman. I asked each new group of students why they came to art school and why they thought friends stopped drawing and making things. Some had never [continue reading]
First-time Homebuyer Grants in Amherst and Northampton
Mar
19
2013
The Valley CDC has announced that there are grants available for first time homebuyers in Amherst and Northampton. There is up to $4,500 available for homes purchased in Amherst and $3,000 available for homes purchased in Northampton.Income and eligibility restrictions apply. To learn more, please contact Donna at the Valley Community [continue reading]
Just My Type: Putting Up a Fight
Mar
18
2013
Putting up a Fight Having a marital spat in the middle of a chain department store is not my idea of fun. Yet there my husband and I were, 7-year-old Noelle in tow, marching through the store, hissing at each other in a not-so-very-nice fashion. – It’s just one more way that diabetes brings out [continue reading]
5 Late Winter Family Gardening Tips
Mar
13
2013
5 Gardening Tips for Late Winter Spring is just around the corner and planning your garden with your kids while there’s still snow on the ground can be both fun and educational. There’s no shortage of garden prep that you can be doing right now. Here are five things you can do to plan and [continue reading]
Local Camp Director Gives Pointers on How to Select a Summer Camp
Mar
13
2013
Thinking About Camp? Questions for the Camp Director. If you’re thinking about summer camp, there’s a wide range right here in Western MA to match everyone’s interests, schedules and budgets. As a seasoned Camp Director and parent, I believe that talking with the Camp Director is key to feeling comfortable with your decision. When first [continue reading]
Encouraging Responsibility in Kids
Mar
11
2013
Making Responsibility Fun Did you know that in Japan, most schools don’t employ janitors? It’s true! Rather than have someone clean up after them, students and teachers take 15 minutes to scrub the school themselves each day. The practice is called “souji,” and educators say it helps kids learn about responsibility. By thinking of responsibility as [continue reading]
Northampton History ❥ Finding Ways to Remember
Mar
11
2013
Note 23, History For an upcoming issue of Preview Massachusetts Magazine, I was in Northampton interviewing a chef and a restaurant owner this week. It’s a space he relatively recently took over and we were recalling together what it had been in its last incarnation. That evening, my husband and I strained to recall what [continue reading]
Hindsight Parenting: The Strength of Children
Mar
5
2013
Have Faith in Your Children Strength I was a big ol’ chicken this week. I mean a shakin-in-my-boots-anxiety-ridden-big-ol’-BAWK-BAWK-chicken. Last column and the column before that, I had hinted that there were things going on at my daughter Ila’s current daycare/preschool that weren’t all that wonderful. Between the mean girl attitude, and the teachers’ lack of [continue reading]
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