When most people think about “sensory activities,” one of the first things they think is MESS! But it doesn’t have to be that way. You can create a meaningful sensory experience without feeling like you need to get out the…
November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) where writers from around the world draft a 50,000-word novel in just 30 days. Will you conquer the challenge this year? Learn how to participate and get started writing today! NaNoWriMo Events Winning…
175 years ago, The Dublin Evening Post reported a serious failure in the potato crop. Potatoes were not a cash crop, but the food eaten by tenant farmers and farmworkers who grew cash crops to pay the rent. The potato…
“Wherever you go, there you are.” –Jon Kabat-Zinn You’re running late for work and traffic is piled up. You open your feed and get flooded with bad news from across the world. You get a call that a loved one…
Some people just simply shrug their shoulders when they get mad. Maybe when they are really upset they add a huff. At their worst, they might resort to punching a wall or a water fountain. But in Kevin Wilson’s book,…
The first time I discovered Chef Aarón Sánchez, he was on the show Chopped, where he was one of the original seven judges from 2009-2017. As a big spice guy and “hothead,” I have always identified with him, and I enjoyed…
“Soon after her 25th birthday, Libby Jones finds the letter she’s been waiting for her entire life. Not only does she learn the identity of her birth parents, but also that she is the sole inheritor of their abandoned mansion…
My 9-year-old daughter came across the TV adaptation of Ann M. Martin’s The Baby-Sitter’s Club on Netflix. The two of us spent the entire Saturday afternoon eating popcorn and watching all 10 episodes. After finishing the series, my daughter was…
You have probably read one of Ray Bradbury’s books in school or have seen one of the movies based on his books. But did you know… His books and stories have been translated into over 40 languages. His most famous…
As a child, my Mom would often tell me that I needed to go to the store to buy some patience. Little did she know that, 1) no such thing existed, and 2) even if it did, there was no…