And those who keep them in power There are a lot of people who would rather not know that George Floyd was murdered by police officers in Minneapolis. They don’t want to know that Breonna Taylor was shot eight times by police who had entered her home by mistake. They…

And to a loving, supportive community — When my son was three years old, he got kicked out of the yuppie play space where I brought him and his sister in Poughkeepsie, NY. It was a place where you could bring your kids and let them play while you worked in an adjacent room. They were planning…

Apparently, my stress reaction to the pandemic is to sew. It started with making masks. The first mask took me three hours, and I broke three needles. I’ve never been good at sewing. Then I figured out what was wrong, and have only broken one needle since when I forgot…

I recently watched the gardening MasterClass by Ron Finely, which was really fun and educational. I’ve been gardening all my life, and I learned from the class, but it is also accessible to people new to gardening. I was not really surprised to hear Ron say that he’s not a…

My best-friend-and-chosen-sister got engaged on my wedding anniversary, which is New Years Eve. The four of us were out together, dancing and wandering around the small college town where I lived. Her now husband and I had discussed how this was the night, and he was so ready to finally…

I have worked with after school programs for almost twenty years. Seeing what my clients and colleagues are doing right now, while all of the schools and their programs are closed, I could not be more proud of the work they are doing. Youth development workers are calling families, and…

Math is Beautiful —Math with kids during Corona lock-downs, even if you and math are not on speaking terms I am not here to tell you that you should be doing more with your kid, doing more math, doing more long division, or any of that. However, if you are…

I have two children who are 9 and 11. With all of us stuck at home, juggling their education, my work, and all of our emotional and physical well-being is getting a bit exhausting. Maybe you can relate?? …