The 2021 Summer Fun List
The Brood X cicadas are supposed to be emerging around here one of these days. In my mind, these cicadas will always be linked with …Read More
Category Archives: Free Time
Summer is around the corner — here’s how I did on the Spring Fun List
Spring is far from over. According to my calendar, summer begins on June 20! That said, yesterday was in the 80s and I'm mentally already …Read More
The tulip pilgrimage
Friday last week would not make a list of "favorite days." I was up from 1:45 a.m. to 4:15 a.m. with the toddler (seriously -- …Read More
Spring break 2021 highlights
I'm back! Even though I didn't go very far. We had considered trying to go somewhere over the kids' spring break last week, but in …Read More
The spring fun list
Today is cold — 21 degrees this morning — but spring is in the air. Temperatures will rise into the 60s next week and so …Read More
Picture yourself on the other side
My Medium column this week talks about "A mental trick to make any task less intimidating." That is a click-bait headline for sure (maybe it …Read More
Upgrading leisure time
Despite the huge snow cloud stuck over Pennsylvania, Punxsutawney Phil somehow saw his shadow on Tuesday, predicting 6 more weeks of winter. Which is just …Read More
What is a little adventure?
I've been thinking a lot lately about the topic of memory, and the role adventures create in making time feel rich and full. Routines are …Read More
We need a little Christmas, right this very minute (the 2020 Holiday Fun List)
I love the holidays. The more time I accumulate on this planet, the more I appreciate the brilliance of turning the weeks headed into the …Read More
Effortful before effortless
I have been reading a lot about Neanderthals lately. I have long been fascinated by non sapiens early human species, and had not really found …Read More