Most of the time I try. I try to feed my children a balanced diet full of fruits and vegetables. I try to feed my children a variety of foods. I try to limit sugar. I try and often fail, but I try. But I don't care what my children eat for Thanksgiving dinner. I … Continue reading I don’t care what my children eat for Thanksgiving dinner
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This post is adapted from something I wrote years ago for a now long abandoned blog, but in spirit of a busy holiday season in which the best way to maintain one's sanity is to cut a few corners, I am unapologetically recycling much of it. For all the fuss I make about Halloween and … Continue reading Thanksgiving is just dinner: 5 tips for a relaxed turkey day
For a lot of people the holidays are a time for joy and excess. For others the holidays only emphasize what they don't have. As Edgewater's food pantry Care for Real spends most of its time focusing on providing people with basic needs: food, clothing, and help finding jobs, but each holiday season they also … Continue reading Toy drive: Help Care for Real spread joy to kids in need
Top secret documents leaked by former contractor Edward Let-It-Snowden reveal a previously unknown NSA program code-named SANTA (Securing America's Noel Toy Allotment). A key component of the SANTA program is the use of hidden recording and transmitting devices in Elf on the Shelf dolls. The Elf on the Shelf dolls allow the NSA to secretly monitor … Continue reading Elf on the Shelf revealed to be part of secret NSA spying program
Writer's block can be frustrating. When some writers don't know what to write they turn to writing prompts, little stubs that can be used as a starting point for their own ideas. Since I haven't made a 40 item list in a while I decided to help all the frustrated writers out there by making … Continue reading 40 really awful writing prompts that no writer should use
Kim Z. Dale 