I bow to you, NaNoWriMo, namaste, old friend.  You’ve pushed me to new feats of strength and endurance, forcing me to produce a towering pile of words that may, with mighty blows and judicious edits, someday transform into a publishable work of art, or...

I hadn’t had my first sip of coffee when my husband, getting ready to walk out the bedroom door, checked his iPhone and burst out laughing.  His co-worker had texted: “Wow, 37 posts in one day, a record.” The Facebook News Feed Problem Ouch.  Never...

“Just do something to help the other fellow, and the joy of the service well done will be its own reward.”  Good Deeds Recently, I’ve had a chance to reflect on the role of service in citizenship as our Cub Scout Webelo Den has been working on the...

While I stayed at home, writing during NaNoWriMo, my husband took Alex to the NANOvember Community Day at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University at Albany: … the first college in the world dedicated to research,...

“C’mon, Alex, we’re going to shoot flaming arrows to start a fire!” Even though he’d been dragging on that early morning trip to Dyken Pond, whining about the cold Autumn weather, Alex couldn’t resist that greeting from his new homeschooled friends. ...