Yesterday I was talking to my therapist and relaxing in a swing and he said I seemed calm. I was calm, in a way. I had more or less resolved to homeschool, because homeschool is the only scenario in which I'm in complete control and...
I'm not gonna lie. We're unraveling here. Keeping in mind this is the cocoon. We will move through this. We will emerge. The way I was glued to Cuomo's updates these past weeks, waiting for the day that we could see that New York had passed the...
Well, here we are on our 31st day of self-quarantine. We got to it a little early because we had flu in the house, giving us both a reason and an excuse to hunker down while it still seemed like an oddball thing to do....
I've been thinking about change. Tim Havens from Falls Farm and Garden said once at SUNY Adirondack's Microenterprise Assistance Program (which is now called Startup ADK), "The first rule of business is: Stay In Business." And then you realize — in order to stay in business, you...
If you're a parent on the internet, you have no doubt by now heard about Momo, this frightening face with bug eyes and a terrifying bird mouth that allegedly is spliced into your kiddo's Peppa Pig cartoons on YouTube telling kids to harm themselves. (Don't...
To helicopter or not to helicopter? That is the question. Broken arms, concussions, drownings, car crashes. You name it; I’ve imagined it and possibly prevented it from happening to my three kids. I wave my arms around, spotting them as they climb the ladder up to the...
“Dude, I need help!” Cory shouted through the haze. I sat up in bed with one eye still squeezed shut, making my signature morning face. An adult deer tick was stuck in his groin. Little jerk. (The tick, not Cory.) I hate ticks with a fiery passion....