When I was in college, I was thin as a reed. I weighed maybe 155 pounds and had to force-feed myself mounds of chocolate and beer to make up for […] Read more »
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 »
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 »
When you look at a smiling eight-year-old child, what do you see? Do you see a young mind, eager to learn and grow into a fully fledged human being? Do […] Read more »
Baseball is a rough game: blazing 90-mile-an-hour fastballs leaving trails of smoke in their wake, runners barreling into the catcher to score a much-needed run, fights on the mound, line […] Read more »
Most of you know that River Family lives in Tarrytown. Some of you may even know that our family includes two River Children who go to the public schools here […] Read more »
I’m a funny guy. I don’t just say that because I think I’m funny, I mean that I am actually, officially, a funny person. I studied comedy in college, took […] Read more »
I have spent the last few years using this column to express my thoughts, concerns, and experiences being a parent of two young children in the Rivertowns, in a hopefully […] Read more »
It is the holiday season, which means that by the time you read this I will have committed murder. My victim will be a tree, one that has never […] Read more »
Sunday, October 28, 2012 – 2:37 p.m. Superstorm/Hurricane Sandy is coming. I’m not that worried. Irene hit last year and we survived. Read more »
