by Douglas Itkin Sometimes at my family’s Thanksgiving dinner table, my mother has asked everyone to name things we’re thankful for, which is followed by sighing from some and deep thinking from others. This year I’m getting a head start by posting here in my wife’s website. My short, somewhat random list: My wife and [...]
StoryCorps—a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving oral history—is declaring November 28, 2008 the first annual National Day of Listening. This holiday season, StoryCorps asks you to start a new holiday tradition. I love this idea. Ask the people around you about their lives — it could be your grandmother, a teacher, or someone from the [...]
You know that we at Kidoinfo love making things with our kids. Just as much, we love supporting local artists with our gift-buying dollars. Rhode Island and Massachusetts are rich in opportunities to admire and buy locally-made items, often directly from their makers. Here’s this year’s Kidoinfo list of recommendations for buying handmade holiday gifts: [...]
During my first pregnancy, I spent all my free time reading books, cover to cover, that would help me mother my baby, but I didn’t read one thing about mothering myself! After my daughter’s birth, I found that I was the one in need of soothing and tender loving care. Fortunately, the following books were [...]
By Erin Barrette Goodman Reading Amanda Blake Soule’s beautiful book, The Creative Family: How to Encourage Imagination and Nurture Family Connections, feels like sipping tea with a (very creative and inspiring) friend. How to savor the seasons, explore nature, garden, create meals, and add small touches to deeply meaningful celebrations (including birthday parties, and half-birthday-parties [...]
