It is important to hold the line when disciplining the child, but equally important that one not seem to take the child’s anger or despair lightly. Which is to say…View post

If you’re within range of one of these stations tomorrow (Saturday, February 11th) we hope you’ll join Mike as he hosts another edition of Tent Show Radio from Big Top…View post

Just recently my editor taught me when to use “elder daughter” instead of “eldest.” Today my copyeditor taught me that these {} are called French braces. Sometimes I get questions…View post

…just this morning it occurred to me that not just one*, but two** of the musicians with whom I have written and recorded music have been nominated for Grammys. So…View post

Part of writing about Montaigne (click on “Montaigne” tag to see more…all kinda fishy-wishy at this point, still taking form) is that I will be writing some about [looks left,…View post