Best of Both Worlds podcast: Summer chat on reading + Father’s Day
Father's Day is coming up this next weekend, as is the official start of summer with the solstice, so today's episode of Best of Both …Read More
Tag Archives: Parenting
Weekend: A recital, a picnic, plus a week’s worth of workouts
Now that I am out of the little kid stage, I'm starting to feel like weekends speed by. This did not use to be the …Read More
Kindergarten graduation, a scam involving my name, content
I was talking with someone yesterday who'd received email from an address that was something like laura vanderkam blogger at gmail (or iterations thereof) -- …Read More
TOAD Time – making it work
The Happier podcast covered Big Time and the concept of "golden hours" as a "try this at home" segment yesterday. If you heard about me …Read More
Weekend: Lots of camp forms
It's that time of year again. The kids are in a wide variety of camps, and those camps turn out to have a wide variety …Read More
The weekend circus + last call for pre-orders of Big Time
In Big Time I use an extended metaphor of a circus for describing a complex life. A complex life is not inherently chaotic. You can …Read More
Weekend: Lilacs, summer planning, etc.
We are back to having all seven of us under one roof again! (Albeit briefly.) On Saturday, my oldest took his last final and finished …Read More
Weekend, plus a virtual launch party for people who pre-order Big Time
Sunday was rainy and cool, but Friday and Saturday were lovely spring days. I had kept Friday fairly open and was able to do some …Read More
Weekend: Seinfeld in Reading, Longwood, Olive Garden
My big adventure for the weekend was going to see Jerry Seinfeld perform in Reading (which is about an hour from my house). How this happened …Read More
Weekend report: Night skiing, an 80th birthday party, TOAD time
Hope everyone had a good weekend! If you're interested in the Best of Both Worlds Patreon community, we have our monthly meet-up via Zoom today …Read More
