Sometimes the best blog posts are written while the children are wreaking havoc and the dog is barking and the TV is blaring and the phone is ringing and there's someone at the door and a spider just crawled across your desk, because pressure is good for creative energy. This … [Read more...]

Last night I had a conversation with a friend who brought up the idea of synchronicity as it was illustrated in "Slumdog Millionaire," in which the events of the young man's life made it possible for him to excel at the game. Personally, I think he would have traded the money … [Read more...]

Now that I have wanderlust from visiting the LA Times Travel show and collecting all kinds of food for fantasy, my lucky husband is leaving me behind to go to Stuttgart in Germany for a week. He'll be doing engine testing in "The Cradle of the Automobile," as the city is known, … [Read more...]

See what I did there? I combined the words "blog" and "observation." Ugly, isn't it. Yeah, that's why I hate things like that.I've been tracking my statistics very unofficially since this blog began. It is interesting to me that the topics that have gotten the most traffic … [Read more...]

Turn them into traveling minstrelsMake a "pillow pie"Let them eat paintBuild a solar system(You'll need Dad's help)Make a "rocket" and convince them to stay in it for a couple of light yearsThis is an original post from www.kimtracyprince.com. Please don't steal it. … [Read more...]