Moth Radio Hour!
Exciting news! One of my stories will be featured on The Moth Radio Hour this week! If you're living in Connecticut, you can listen to The Moth Radio Hour on…
My Cleaning Trolley ruined a wonderfully charitable attempt to feed families
I'm not upset that My Cleaning Trolley - a toy which is nothing more than a small, pink custodian's trolley - exists. I'm not even upset that it comes in…
Signs, signs, everywhere there’s signs
As I ride through the streets of my town on my bike, looking for new streets and trails to explore, I've noticed lots of interesting things. Many of them existed…
One space, people.
Microsoft has put its typographical foot down: Two spaces between sentences is too many. For the first time, Microsoft Word will mark two spaces after a punctuation mark as an…
Great moments in 2020
Both of my children left their training wheels behind yesterday and rode on two wheels for the first time. It took years of encouragement and a bit of courage on…
Ban one of my books. Please?
An Alaska school board recently voted to remove five books from their high school curriculum. The books are: F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man" Joseph Heller's…
Those cats
He leapt from the step-stool to a high counter by the microwave, and from there, onto the refrigerator. Then he opened a cabinet and squeezed inside. Once inside the cabinet,…
Resolution update: April 2020
At the end of each month, I report on the progress of my New Year's resolutions (or lack thereof). Here are the result through the end of April. PERSONAL FITNESS…
Mia from Land O’ Lakes is no more
Have you heard the news? Just ahead of its 100th anniversary, Land O’Lakes has retired Mia, the indigenous woman who once featured prominently in its iconic logo, from all packaging.…
The Battle of Trader’s Joes
I was standing in line outside of Trader Joe's yesterday morning, waiting to enter. This is not grocery store that I frequent, nor do I even approve of the existence…
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