16,000 hours learning HOW to think
By JOHN CRABTREE Guest Columnist Do you realize that children spend 16,000 hours in K-12 grade? What happens during those hours and what are they being taught? Are schools instilling…
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Holiday hustle
This time of year, is a time of many different mixed emotions for many. Some enjoy the holidays, and for some it is a difficult season for many reasons. Whatever…
What is your family’s story?
I only found out recently about one of the branches of my family on my wife’s side. John McMullan was one of her original ancestors in America. He was born…
Face-paced & funny, this Christmas show will really stuff your stockings
By ADAM CROWE A Seat on the Aisle The Phoenix Theatre (at the Phoenix Theatre Cultural Center) is presenting its 16th version of founder Bryan Fonseca’s answer to traditional holiday…
Go home & love your family
There’s an old Mother Teresa quote: “If you want to change the world, go home and love your family.” It’s always struck me because it’s simple, but also profound. So…
It may not cure melancholy, but a good stretch has many benefits
“The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.” – Will Ferrell, Elf Are you a singer? Of course you are! Just as I believe…
Making each dollar work
It struck me this Thanksgiving while enjoying family, food, and football, that it’s been a minute since we wrote about our finances. As a federally recognized 501(c)(3) (not-for-profit), reporting to…
A show done so well they had to add extra run dates
‘Tis the season – and Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre complements that holiday feeling with A Christmas Story, The Musical. Based on Jean Shepherd’s well-known story of his boyhood Christmas…
Burn that taper!
‘Tis the season for comfort and joy … and less perfection. This year, I vowed to stop needing everything to be perfect and to enjoy the present moments that bring…
First came paper football, then came girls
Four seventh-grade boys. Four seventh-grade girls. Two telephones – rotary dial dinosaurs adhered to parents’ kitchen walls. Thick, twisted, dangled cords, like entangled anacondas in heat. Four seventh-grade boys on…