Does “AXYDLBAAXR = LONGFELLOW” mean anything to you? In a cryptogram puzzle, each letter stands for a different letter of the alphabet. I don't like to brag, but I've been doing newspaper “Cryptoquotes” with my mom since I was a kid, and I'm a real...
My brain is like a cobwebby attic where I spend most of my time labeling boxes of things and putting them on shelves. That, or making sprawling lists of things to do or remember. Or just chasing rascally squirrels out with a broom. When I...
I get freaked out about branded products with chemicals and additives. I realize they're formulated to do a good job, but I saw one too many articles on Facebook about potential carcinogens and rolled up my sleeves to make my own deodorant and toothpaste from...
“No, no, no, we don't throw our food on the floor,” I find myself saying for the zillionth time, wagging my finger. I thought that when my toddler Henry mastered the fine art of cutlery he would stop flinging pasta all over the place, but...
It's 9:32 a.m. and in the rearview mirror on the way back from dropping Henry at daycare I'm eyeballing the tumbleweed on my head that is supposed to be a ponytail. Can I swing a third day without a shower? Will my 11 a.m. client forgive...
Some of you out there might be headed to a baby shower or gearing up for a birthday party, and so I wanted to share with you Henry's top 10 all time favorite toys. You'll win some major kudos with the kid of your choice...
I shielded infant Henry from the wall-to-wall TV screens at Recovery Grill as if they would blast into his brain and rot it on impact. I'd nervously twitch when my parents wanted to FaceTime. The American Association for Pediatrics says on their website, “Television and other...
