Two Fall Soups for Chilly Autumn Nights
Oct
1
2012
Fall Soups Tomatillo and Fresh Corn Soup We plant LOTS of tomatillos. One of our staple breakfasts is fried eggs, over easy, with salsa verde and Monterey jack melted on top. We can (and use!) dozens of jars each year. We also dehydrate tomatillo slices for winter use. If we’ve preserved all the salsa verde [continue reading]
One Clover & A Bee: Poetry that Engages the Senses
Sep
26
2012
The Sound of One Leaf Falling Some poems are clearly meant to be read aloud: sound is the engine that moves them off the page and into our consciousness. Other poems rely more on image, making pictures that resonate in our mind’s eye. Some poems try to do both, using structural elements like line breaks, [continue reading]
Language Play: 5 Useful Apps That Help to Promote Speech & Language Skills
Sep
26
2012
Apps for Back-to-School Now that we are all back to school, I thought it would be fun to talk about educational activities on the iPad or iPhone to support children’s learning at school. This year, I have switched my speech and language materials from books and software programs to apps for my iPad, in order [continue reading]
Let’s Play: Collages
Sep
19
2012
Crazy Collage Our days have changed. School routines. September is in full swing. Fall is definitely here. I put a bit of effort into keeping our days calm. Chaos be gone. Life brings enough automatically. Last year at this time I was chatting with another parent at school pick up. I commented on how busy, [continue reading]
Let’s Play: Monsters and Creative Free Play
May
16
2012
Monsters Here are the results of my very informal pole of 5 kids on the subject of monsters: Monsters bite. They are white. No hair. Teeth. They live in caves. Monsters bite everything. Nice monsters don’t bite. They are small, tiny. Why? Because they are monsters. Monsters are brown, purple and pink. Two eyes. Five [continue reading]
Hindsight Parenting: Learning to Parent Within Means
May
15
2012
We Are Not in a Position to Obtain Wants We are not in a position to obtain wants. Through circumstances beyond my control, a third of my single-income paycheck, each single-income paycheck, now goes to the triple-digit-income-home where my sons now reside. But this is not a column to lament about that. Times are hard. [continue reading]
Affirming What’s Essential ❥ Love in Western MA
May
14
2012
Note 13, Civil Rights in Lesbianville The other day I was at our co-op and listening in at the checkout on a conversation between friends about exercise classes. The two women were lesbians and here, where we live in the town that earned its Lesbianville moniker long ago, that’s unremarkable. It struck me that I [continue reading]
Normal (Annoying) Kid Behaviors at the General Store
May
9
2012
Annoying Normal Behaviors at Checkers General Store I stopped off at Checker’s General Store in Belchertown on Route 202 one afternoon, a place I love to drop in to grab last minute necessities my wife asks me to pick up on my way home. I love the atmosphere of this small town store and usually [continue reading]
Music Trekking: Here Come Our Mothers
May
8
2012
Here’s To Our Mothers! Although Mothers Day as we know it is not be recognized all over the globe, there is not one single culture that does celebrate the roles of mothers, grandmothers and similar figures in their folklore, stories and songs. Do other cultures love their moms and like to sing about them? You [continue reading]
Music Trekking: Here Come Our Mothers
May
8
2012
Here’s To Our Mothers! Although Mothers Day as we know it is not recognized all over the globe, there is not one single culture that doesn’t celebrate the roles of mothers, grandmothers and similar figures in their folklore, stories and songs. Do other cultures love their moms and like to sing about them? You bet [continue reading]
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