My kids are enchanted by the music collected and performed by Elizabeth Mitchell, and so am I. Well, the music I make for Smithsonian Folkways is children’s music. I don’t feel the need to call it ‘family music,’ as many people do these days. I’m really proud to make music for children; I always start […]
An earlier version of this article appeared in my column at Kiwi Families. What are mealtimes like at your place? Do you have family ways of serving, eating or talking together? Would you like some fresh ideas to make the most of the gift of family meals? Here are some ideas for giving thanks at […]
I keep reading this baseless crap about how boys won’t read stories about girls, so we should just stop writing and publishing them. It’s nonsense. Worse, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, because how will boys read about girls if everyone’s been warned not to offer them those books? I recently wrote a round-up of 12 notable New […]
Every so often I pretend I’m a food blogger, because I’ve done some rare magic in the kitchen. I’ll be super honest, since we’re friends: I blog about baking about as often as I bake. I’m no kind of expert, but I’m a brave experimenter when it comes to adapting recipes to fill the niches […]