Savoring summer
There's something so sweet about Memorial Day weekend. Summer is fresh and young. The days are still getting longer; any nip in the night air …Read More
Category Archives: Free Time
How to have your best summer ever
Summer is nearly upon us again. Though this season is a little less of a break when you're a grown-up than when you're a kid, …Read More
Disney World, math, and line logistics
(Cross-posted at Gifted Exchange) I'm recently back from a week-long vacation at Disney World with my three small children. It was a lot of fun …Read More
Surreality
In the fall of 2008, my husband and I spent a little over a week in India. One of our adventures involved staying near a …Read More
ATM Book Club Week 8 (Chapter 7)
I'm running an informal book club devoted to All the Money in the World here on the blog. You can join at any time; there …Read More
ATM Book Club Week 6 (Chapter 5)
I'm running an informal book club devoted to All the Money in the World here on the blog. You can jump in whenever you like; …Read More
The not-so-secret life of billionaires
I got a kick out of Kevin Roose's feature in the New York Times on "Living Like a Billionaire, if Only For a Day." The …Read More
Is anything all-consuming?
Maybe I’m just sensitive, but I’ve been reading a fair number of acknowledgements in books lately that talk of book-writing as an “all consuming” process. …Read More
When it comes to happiness, “memorable” can trump “fun”
(Laura's note: this is a guest post of mine that ran on I Should Log Off, the blog of Danny and Jillian Tobias. Alert readers …Read More
Do good fathers go mountain biking?
Carrie left a comment on the "False choices" post last week noting that she had just such a false choice going on in her family. …Read More