Back in college, my friend Dave became a vegetarian. It quickly rubbed off on me and my future wife (yes, that’d be Allie). I lasted a few years after college, but eventually went back to being a full-time carnivore. Allie lasted a lot longer, waiting until just before Jason was born. But Dave, well he stuck with it for more than two decades. That’s 20+ years of not eating meat. No bacon. No chicken. No …
When my kids were younger, one of my favorite things to do was build all sorts of forts out of our living room couch cushions. With just a handful of pillows, some blankets and loads of imagination, my boys and I had all we needed to take off on loads of adventures. And then there were the times we’d get a new washing machine or freezer. Best gifts ever, right? No, not the appliances, I’m …
I’m a big fan of reading. I mean, what writer isn’t? So anything that gets kids excited about reading gets an immediate thumbs up from me. I was asked to review an interactive story app for the iPad called Son of the Sun and the Wizard Lizard by KidAppers. And to be quite honest with you, it’s like nothing I’ve ever experienced before. The story itself is a wonderful and charming tale about the Sun’s …
If you’re like me, you take a lot of photos. Whether it’s your phone, your iPad or an actual digital camera. People still use those, right? For the most part, my iPhone is my all-seeing camera and I use it to snap in-the-moment pics of anything and everything around me. We just had the whole family over for Thanksgiving (and Thanksgivukkah!) so I didn’t go get out the awesome Canon Rebel SLR that I bought …
