Every year, for four days in February, the National Audubon Society and The Cornell Lab of Ornithology sponsor the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC). The project engages citizen scientists in taking a “snapshot” of birds across the continent. This year’s GBBC will be held February 18-21 and everyone is welcome to participate. The program has [...]
What did we do before the Internet? I’m not being facetious; sometimes it’s hard to remember what life was like before we could find three disparate ingredients left in our kitchens, enter them into a search engine and come up with a dozen possible recipes. Every day there are new wonders to be discovered. I [...]
… and it’s never over. Parenting, that is. I knew this. I really did. I have two step children who are 29 and almost 32 (and who I love dearly), so I know that the parenting gig never really ends, the issues just change. You become more of a consultant — but that doesn’t mean [...]
There is power in the Internet. Sometimes that power can be used for good, as when we make connections, discover important new information, or find a recipe that uses the only four ingredients you have left in your kitchen. Sometimes it can be used for evil, as when protesters plan to meet up to disrupt [...]
November is Prematurity Awareness Month, sponsored by the March of Dimes. Today, November 17, is also the 8th Annual National Prematurity Awareness Day. It also happens to be the birthday of my two favorite preemies, my twins. I think it’s fabulous that Prematurity Awareness Day falls on their birthday. What a wonderful way to celebrate [...]
2010 Dear Parents, Teachers, Grandparents, Childcare Givers and Babysitters, Please do not abandon me. A recent New York Times article says that picture books are fading from the literary landscape (an interesting observation coming from another format that is on a serious downward slide). It’s easy to blame the economy; picture books with their beautiful [...]
When I was a kid, my mom had a radical hysterectomy. Still not an easy operation today, back in the days before laparoscopy, this surgery required a large incision and weeks of healing — tough to do with two little kids running around. One of the most distinct memories I have of that time is [...]
It’s never too late to learn something new, and I’ve learned a lot in the last year about colleges, applications, financial aid, and all things related to institutions of higher learning. In fact, I’ve learned it twice (or at least learned twice as much as most people), because I have two very different twins who [...]
It’s been a roller coaster of a day. My DH offered (for the second morning in a row!) to get up before me and do the school drop offs. Yay for me, since we have kids in three different schools. I was surprised when he came home 20 minutes later with our middle schooler. They [...]
So we’re packing up the car-top carrier and hitting the road for what is most likely our last whole-family vacation. My daughter heads off to college in the fall and I know our lives will never be the same, so this is it — the ultimate (def. #2, adj. – being the last or concluding [...]
Every parent of a two year old knows the power of no. Your here-to-fore sweet baby is suddenly full of negativity, and you swear if you hear just one more no, you’ll … well, I’ll let you fill in the blank. Back in the day, I belonged to a twins group and we had a [...]
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