Cicada mania starts again on July 7 with Cicada City — a new children’s book for kids 3–8 who love bugs — Cicada City launches on Kickstarter on JULY 7, 2021. There will be exclusive Early Bird specials the first two days! Cicada City is the first book in a series that follows the fun and fact filled adventures of the Bug Club. Hyacinth, Jaylen and Sakura are about to learn about…

Some notes on etiquette — because your virtual fitness instructor is a person, too! — Dear Online Fitness Patrons, It’s us, your ever-present, eternally patient, always available virtual fitness instructors. You’ve been relying heavily on us for the last year, what with it being dangerous to go literally anywhere. We’ve done our best for you. You needed us and we stepped up to the task of keeping you active…

I don’t know about you, but I need a daily break from consciousness to survive parenting right now — For the last 10 months, I haven’t done a whole helluva lot outside of my home. I haven’t done a whole helluva lot period. Have you? Has anyone? Days are nearly indistinguishable and require consultation with the lock screen of my phone several times each day. Days melt into weeks…

Sure, I’ve got some experience under my belt, but I’m still learning so much as I go along — Just a few short months ago, I was waxing poetic about My 10-Month Journey from Concept to Launch with My First Children’s Book, basking in the glory of my monumental accomplishment. At that time, I had already drafted my second book. It was going to be brilliant. I was gonna…

I just read my first book in this fascinating genre and I can’t stop thinking about my fantasy reverse harems — I’m new here. Bear with me. I just Columbused this amazing sub-sub-sub-genre of romance novel and now that I’m here, I am here for it. What’s a reverse harem? We all know what a harem is, right? It can be anything from a sacred private space for the women of a Muslim family to…

Don’t fall victim to the cleaning industrial complex — you’re better off blissfully living your life in filth — We didn’t know how good we had it wallowing around in piles of clutter, avoiding clouds of dust bunnies, and stepping around mysterious sticky patches here and there. It all started when… It’s true that things had gotten out of hand, but what can you do? It was pure, unadulterated 2020 around here. Still…

This is the story of a toddler who loved the books she destroyed and destroyed the books she loved — As reported in the recent story, “Here’s What I Learned When I Interviewed My Toddler,” my 26-month-old daughter is a bit laconic. She prefers to communicate with one syllable phrases, emphatic gestures, and sound effects — usually squeals and screeches. Still, she generally gets her point across remarkably well.

Parents — don’t despair! Virtual learning is teaching your kids lessons they won’t learn anywhere else — Is virtual learning ideal? No. Obviously, it is not. Is virtual learning necessary right now? Yes. Absolutely, it is. Three weeks in & it’s not all bad! Now that we are three weeks in, I am realizing it’s not all bad. …

Sure, online school is a vast hellscape of daily horrors, but here are the secrets to your child’s cyber survival (and yours) — “Let’s do online school! Kids love Zoom meetings!” Said no one, ever. Not even in their wildest, highest, most hallucinatory fever-dreams. The current viral scourge that continues to plague large parts of the United States is to blame for virtual school. …