Archive for The Hilltowns Region
Hindsight Parenting: Learning to Love and Leave
Apr
3
2012
I’m Doing it Again I am doing it again. I guess the admittance makes it different this time around, but it doesn’t help at all. I am doing it again. I am not sure what it is about me as a mother that makes it hard to leave my children with a babysitter. When the [continue reading]
Maple Dessert to Follow a Spring Dinner
Apr
2
2012
Maple Flan We were given some fresh eggs by a friend with chickens. The variety of colors, shapes, and sizes invite inspiration. Hmm … we have some Taproot Commons Farm raw milk to use up. Amy’s going to be happy tonight! Whatever we have for dinner, we are going to end our meal with creamy, [continue reading]
200 Years Ago: The Boyhood of Charles Dickens
Mar
27
2012
A Boy Called Dickens Imagining the Boyhood of A Legendary Author This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens. Though Dickens never published an account of his life, and didn’t speak of his childhood until he was in his 30’s, a new picture book imagines what a slice of his youth [continue reading]
Let’s Play: Books and Creative Free Play
Mar
21
2012
Debut Column: This is the first of a new monthly post encouraging all to add more and more creative play into our families’ lives and into the local community. Each month I will present ideas to jump start your creative thinking with variations between family interactions at home and ways to get families playing out [continue reading]
Hindsight Parenting: Laughing the Storm Away
Mar
20
2012
I’m Afraid of the Wind I am afraid of the wind. I am not talking about that pesky kind of breeze that always seems to pop up when one is getting out of a pool or a dip in the lake. I am talking about howling, barreling, blow-me-down kind of wind. In the past, whenever [continue reading]
Seven Values & Goals to Setting Technology Limits: A Personal Story
Mar
19
2012
Technology Limits – A Personal Story In January I shared a general article on setting technology limits titled, My Top Ten Tips for Setting Technology Limits. Setting technology limits for your family is a personal decision based on the values that you have, so there is no one policy that will fit every family. So [continue reading]
“This Day in History” Video Series
Mar
14
2012
Discovering New England History with The Freedom Trail Foundation Daily Video Series Are your kids interested in Colonial History? Boston’s Freedom Trail Foundation offers a daily dose of history on their YouTube channel! Every day, the group debuts a new clip (generally 30-40 seconds) offering information about an event that took place on that day [continue reading]
Music Trekking: A History of Kumbayah
Mar
13
2012
Come by Here: A Short History of Kumbayah If you’ve ever gone to summer camp or sat around a campfire with a guitar, chances are good you’ve sung “Kumbayah.” It’s one of those wonderful – make it up as you go – folksongs. After the first verse of Kumbayah, you can sing that someone is [continue reading]
Gender, Family and Love in the Pioneer Valley
Mar
12
2012
Note 11, Openness About Gender, Family & Love Although Northampton Pride is a ways away, there’s an admirable flexibility about how we think of families and love and gender and identity in these parts that I can’t take for granted. Every single time my preschooler is playing family and says something like, “I’ll be the [continue reading]
West Cummington Congregational Church
Jan
18
2010
Cummington and the Hilltowns lost an important community resource this weekend when the 170 year old West Cummington Congregational Church burned to the ground.Besides serving as a place of worship, the building had great acoustics and acted as a venue for many musical events. During the past few years the congregation invested a [continue reading]
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