Big Ten, big trip, big fun for kids

Hi blog readers! Yes, this blog still exists. I notice that my last post was almost a year ago, which means it’s time for the Big Ten Championship Game again. Here’s a roundup of last year’s trip — better late than never, right? Enjoy. College football conference championship games have long been destination trips for…

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Big Game, Big Ten

There’s a reason for the title of this blog, even though I’ve gone pretty light on the sports content since I started this thing up awhile ago. I used to be a sports writer for two newspapers, and at my last juncture, I covered Big Ten college football and basketball. Good times… Occasionally I get…

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A gift to children

I first visited Dayton Children’s Hospital in 2011. The Junior League of Dayton, a women’s volunteer organization I joined a month earlier, hosted the tour as part of its monthly general membership meeting. Since I’d only been in the area for a year after moving from Michigan (yeah, yeah, I know), I was eager to…

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Product review — Noodle and Boo

When I was pregnant with my first child, I read all the baby books and magazines, signed up for all of the free product trials for new moms and devoured whatever information I could get about caring for a baby. Baby bath and body care products were pretty low on my priority list and not…

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Boo!

Knock, knock… anyone still out there? Bueller? Welcome to my redesigned website! Isn’t it great? Thanks to Sumy Designs for a fabulous upgrade to make my site more mobile friendly and showcase all of my best work. The blog also has a new look, and I’m ready to get writing again about my family’s adventures…

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Waxing poetic on August, September

I was born in November and my brother was born in December. My mom still doesn’t know what she was thinking. My birthday marked the midpoint of the month, and a week later, my mom was usually preparing Thanksgiving dinner. A week after that — actually, sometimes days later — my father celebrated his birthday.…

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Go, Pokemon, Go!

It was 8 p.m. on a Saturday evening at the local park around the corner from our home. The weather was perfect — about 75 degrees with a light breeze and low humidity — and just enough late-evening sun remained for a few children to enjoy some time on the play set and swings From…

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June report

Not much action for the month worthy of a blog, but I’ve been keeping my writing muscles sharp. (What’s a writing muscle anyway? And why would a muscle be sharp? Bad metaphor there!) I placed pieces in two publications this month. First, the one of which I’m most proud. Seriously, this one probably goes in…

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Smelly little bottoms!

Hi blog fans! All five of you! I said I would try posting twice a week, so I’m about to meet that goal right now, albeit by cheating a little.   Today I’m published on Parent.co with a piece about, well, poop. Read and share far and wide, and have a great Memorial Day weekend!…

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Graduation season

During the weekend, I attended a graduation party for a co-worker’s sons — one finishing college and the other graduating from high school. Although I didn’t know the boys very well, I always enjoy going to these celebrations. The graduates and their friends are so full of promise and optimism — reflective about the stage…

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