July. Oh, the promise! The best days of summer, really, are coming – at least, in my humble opinion. After all, July is still fresh and new for the kids coming out of school; it’s not yet the dog days,
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Sometimes you have to loosen the reins a little bit. This is a gut-check moment, I think – it’ll be different for everyone, and it’ll be based on your kid’s personality or what you (or they) happen to be up
A few weeks ago, I asked readers over on my Facebook page whether or not anyone would be interested in working with me, one-on-one, to solve some kitchen-based challenges in their lives. I’d been invited to submit an article to
I just got back from L.’s kindergarten Spring Concert at school, so it’s been a crazy night here. I’m pretty wiped out, truthfully, from the entire week — but I’ve got just enough strength for some Lunch Logic before I
Whew…what a long weekend can do to your schedule and motivation! I hope you’re all recovering better from the extra day off than I am. I can’t quite seem to get my brain working the way it normally does, which
It actually hit 60 degrees here in Rhode Island recently – today, in fact, and yesterday, and another day before that. It won’t stay that way, because the Atlantic Ocean makes our weather entertainingly unstable (that’s my positive-spin outlook on
I cannot ignore the fact that this is a very, very important time of year for football fans. It’s nearly Super Bowl Sunday. This is not only the high holy day of football (incidentally, the only sport I really care
There are a lot of ways to get a family dinner on the table each night, homemade lunches into lunchboxes each day, and keep everyone basically well-fed and reasonably happy – even if you’re working full-time outside the home, or
I mentioned recently on the Red, Round, or Green Facebook page that I was making tamale pot pie for dinner; I also happened to post the same information for a dinner group I belong to. The results were the same
It just doesn’t ever REALLY feel like winter until January, does it? I mean, yes, sure, there may be snow before then; there may be bitter cold and ice; there may be biting wind. But there are holidays and festivities