Teaching Monarch Butterflies to Play DeadToday we will be Citizen Scientists tagging Monarch butterflies for the annual migration.Jun 9, 2021Jun 9, 2021
Trains on the BrainsI’m in the kitchen cleaning up after snack after I told him Thomas the Tank was over and he should play. But he had other thoughts, and…May 6, 2021May 6, 2021
PS As I recounted and shared the conversation I had with Her Majesty I soon learned that the word…Mar 15, 2021Mar 15, 2021
The Queen Mother, my Brush with GreatnessIt was summer in 1983; I was 16 years old. I traveled to England on a six-week-long extended vacation with an English family living in the…Mar 11, 20211Mar 11, 20211
I reminisce about the days of oldIt was October 1990. I had been working 12-hour shifts, 7 days a week, for the last month. It was dark at 6:30 am. I was headed to work on…Feb 2, 20212Feb 2, 20212
I’m a Butterfingers not a Baby RuthSome back story about an injury to my right side big toe is required. I injured my big toe (someone did) when said someone was vacuuming…Jan 26, 2021Jan 26, 2021
What is your parenting metaphor?At dinner, I asked a question of my adult children. They are college age, or one is on the cusp anyway, plus due to covid, the one in…Jan 19, 20211Jan 19, 20211
Making MomentsSeveral years ago, while my mother was in the hospital after suffering a heart attack, I remember some poignant moments. At the time, they…Jan 15, 20211Jan 15, 20211