The one staple of our pandemic diet has been ice cream. As the evening news gets more horrifying, a few scoops of creamy comfort helps numb my rising anxiety. After the waves of obsessive Cpvid-baking (banana bread, sourdough starter, pizza, …
Digital Summer Camp with Children’s Authors
Excellent resources for summer activities from children's book authors and illustrators
An Illustrated Guide to Chores +Some Parenting Hacks = Summer 2020?
Listen to two parenting experts on parenting hacks to incorporate into your 2020 summer
7.7.20
Lisa Damour Gives Great Advice
A conversation with Lisa Damour reveals a simple format for giving advice
6.7.20
Common Sense Parenting Webinars: Lisa Damour + Cara Natterson 5/20/20
Over at Common Sense, we’ve been talking with experts from the field of medicine and psychology who can help put the quarantine and Covid-19 in a bit of perspective for all of us who are struggling with parenting during the …
5.19.20
Pandemic Thriller: Too Soon?
I don’t know about you but during the quarantine, I’ve not enjoyed reading fiction the way I used to back in ‘normal times’. Anecdotally, my friends feel similarly and someone explained to me that it’s just too hard to project …
4.30.20
The Backbone Trail
After living in Los Angeles for over 30 years, I only recently learned about the Backbone Trail (BBT), a magnificent 67 mile trail that connects ridge lines from Will Rogers to Point Magu. In January, a group of friends hiked the first 11 miles, and our goal is to do the whole route before the year is over.
Little Women
With an all-star cast and stellar directing by Greta Gerwig (Ladybird), Little Women is arguably the best film of 2019. Gerwig takes the beloved title for a modern spin, deftly mixing up the traditional timeline, to
2.1.20
CCPA + How to Protect your Privacy
The California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) went into effect as of January 1, 2020 … have you taken a moment to understand its ramifications? Most of us don’t really want to know about the troves of data being harvested by …
1.30.20
