Baking our way into fall
Fall officially started this weekend, and we welcomed the equinox with a lot of baking. I made the cover recipe from this month’s Cooking Light: …Read More
Category Archives: Planning
Bored at work? Watch me!
A few upcoming events: Tomorrow (that is, Thurs Sept 19), starting at 9pm Eastern, you can listen to me being interviewed by Heidi Grant Halvorson for …Read More
Before breakfast musings from Boston
I seem to be waking up early in other cities a lot lately. This week it was Boston, where I visited some educational programs and …Read More
The stories we choose to tell ourselves
We’ve had quite a few weeks of it at Chez Vanderkam (no one else in the house has that name, but we’ll call it that …Read More
Morning by morning: What success before breakfast really means
Mornings are a madcap time in many households, I wrote in the opening lines of What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast (out in …Read More
Notes from the last weekend in August
I wrote last week about keeping a micro-journal -- a few lines about something quirky, fun, or meaningful that happened each day. The idea is …Read More
Weekend notes on life with little ones
It was another full few days, with lots of highs and lows in our attempts to have some adventures with three kids age 6 and …Read More
168 hours in Cape May
We spent the past week in Cape May, NJ -- actually, in Cape May Point, right at the southern tip of the state. We rented …Read More
Weekend update
In lieu of a coherent essay, here are some observations from the weekend: Late night date nights may be worth a try. Yes, I was a …Read More
What makes time slow down
With the light lasting late in the evening and the temperature -- here in PA at least -- beckoning me outdoors, I love summer weekends. …Read More