The Struggle Between Good and Bad…..food choices

God knows it’s hard to eat right. It’s not that we don’t know how to or want to, it’s just sooo difficult. We grasp the importance of taking care of […] Read more »
When Homework Attacks

River Dad ~ When Homework Attacks!

What is the purpose of homework? I do not ask that to be argumentative or damning or tree-hugging. I truly am curious about the expressed purpose of homework. I seem […] Read more »

Memories and Reminiscing – Transcending Through Time

My brother and I were my parent’s world. The special bond we all had was rooted in my parent’s  departure from Ireland in the 1950’s, where they had both come […] Read more »

Lifting Winter’s Heavy Mantle of Hibernation – Bring on Spring and Socialization!

Okay. Not to sound like too much of a whiner, but I am so done with this winter and we are only 17 days in!  It doesn’t help that my […] Read more »

River Dad ~ Dipping a Toe… Into the Workforce

I have been a stay-at-home dad for 7 years. Not that I haven’t worked off and on during this period of my life, but I have not commuted to an […] Read more »

Holiday Mayhem for Some – A Quiet Time for Others

Hold onto your hats! Here they come, earlier than ever, those magical and stress-inducing holidays!  I knew we were in trouble this summer when back-to-school supplies began clogging the aisles […] Read more »
Britian's royal family

Upon my tongue continual jeerings ride,
The which in every language I pronounce,
 Mocking the lives of Kings with benign words…

“Oooohh!” My colleagues Roberto and Lucy are looking at something on the internet. Not too difficult to guess what it is. I jump out of my seat and join them. […] Read more »

Loving the fall…Hatin’ on winter!

I don’t know anyone who doesn’t love the fall! The brilliant colors, apple-picking, haunted hayrides, orange pumpkins, warm days, chilly nights and the smell of wood fires in the dusky […] Read more »

O my home my home, where art thou my home?

“You really look like a tourist”, my cousin giggles. She would say that. Standing behind the counter of her little pastry shop in the heart of Cannes, France, she is […] Read more »

Tea for Two and Two for Tea – Helping Senior Couples Stay Together

Everyone knows that one, special elderly couple, who although up there in years, is still managing to keep it together. Perhaps they are leaning on their neighbors, just a bit, […] Read more »