(ps. I haven’t forgotten about the giveaway! We just got back from Texas and I’m still returning to regular life.)
I do sometimes — only for tiny wriggling little gruesome moments — understand why schools and corporations and governments are so eager to hammer out creativity. Everyone likes creativity in theory… oh creative people, we are [...]
We are out of town this week, so you are at home with nobody to harass you except for a weird little dog and a bird who would really like to have some of your cheerios tweet? TWEET? TWEET? But it’s Father’s Day and 800 miles from your kids for a few days doesn’t exempt [...]
Nicolaus struggles with reading and writing, which is a shame because he loves books and comes up with some great stories. Today for his writing practice, he told me he wanted to write a story about an amazing superhero whose amazing powers include:
Able to lift amazingly regular amounts of pennies.
He can see right through glass [...]
Here’s the problem it turns out with making a fun contest about the single most horrifying and depressing environmental disaster in recent historical memory: it’s not as fun for people as you might think. Damn. So! Not a ton of entries but that’s okay… I really appreciate you guys humoring me and will pick a [...]
Real life started before I was ready. I sort of knew it was happening, but I think I thought it was one of those things where the car next to you is rolling backwards a little and so it looks like you’re moving forward but you know you really aren’t? Except I was.
I think my [...]