May 8, 2020 Boosting our mental health with gratitude There’s never been a better time to actively practice gratitude. For one, May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and an attitude of gratitude can…
May 4, 2020 Family trail rides at Marmon Valley Farm As soon as going out and enjoying recreational activities become possible again, I have a really cool experience to recommend for your horse-loving family:…
May 1, 2020 The food trucks are here I love truly great food, and I strongly dislike mediocre and bad food. This is why I adore street food and food trucks –…
April 26, 2020 Ohio Spirit Week is coming! Ohio, I’m so proud of us. We’ve done such a great job with this Coronavirus containment situation so far. Thanks to great leadership from…
April 13, 2020 Kittens cure everything I must have sounded pretty down in one of my recent blog posts, because I had several people call or message me to check…
April 10, 2020 Next-level crafts for the quarantined Z and I have always been nuts about arts and crafts, but right now during the Coronavirus lockdown, it’s literally a necessity. We’re quaran-crafting….
March 31, 2020 In praise of forced family outings Sometimes I have to force encourage my family to go on weekend nature walks with me. There, I said it. I’m not proud of…
March 23, 2020 Get your family talking Family conversation is an art form that is not practiced as often as it was in times gone by. Too often these days, small…
March 19, 2020 School’s out for summer As Ohio’s winter-into-spring phase drags on, plus so many of us have been forced into being reluctant homeschoolers by the Coronavirus, I find myself…
March 17, 2020 Fun things to do during Corona quarantine Since Coronavirus has much of the entire nation – if not world – in a state of lock-down at home, and parents are somehow…