Thanksgiving round-up + 2026 BOBW Patreon curriculum
Happy Monday! We had a good long weekend around here -- I am reminded of how much more relaxing long weekends (or any weekends) are …Read More
Category Archives: Free Time
Merry and bright: The 2025 holiday fun list
I went into NYC for meetings yesterday. The train station experience in PHL was a bit more stressful than it should it been -- the …Read More
If you plan it, they will come
(Laura's note: This post originally ran at Vanderhacks, my Substack newsletter. To subscribe, please go here.) Humans have a natural sense of fairness. We expect relationships …Read More
Summer 2025 recap
Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer. And it’s pretty early this year! Next year the kids will have a whole week in September …Read More
Beach 2025
Another beach vacation is in the books! We got back yesterday from two weeks in Ocean Grove, my favorite little town on the Jersey shore. …Read More
Kind of like a beer garden (with animals)
I put on my summer fun list that I wanted to go to a beer garden. I think this weekend's activity was similar enough to …Read More
A midsummer fun list check-in, 2025 edition
If summer is June-July-August, then we are officially at the midpoint. That’s not true for school summer vacation (my kids ended 6/17, and they have …Read More
I’m back! A quick France post
Good morning! I have not abandoned this blog. I just got back yesterday from 10 days in France with my church choir. We did four …Read More
2025 Summer Fun + starting on the list
It is not summer yet, but I got a bit of a start on my official summer fun activities this weekend, so I thought I'd …Read More
168 hours (and change) in Oahu
Happy Easter! For the first time in many years I did not sing in Easter services -- but that's because we got back this morning …Read More