Nana’s skateboard
When I was a boy my Mom's folks lived in Lancaster, PA--nearly six hundred miles from our northern Indiana home. Grandpa and Nana lived in…
Facts and fears
Today we have a scene from the fictional tale, Ms. Rapscott's Girls, wherein Ms. Rapscott is taking the girls on an adventure at sea. They…
Model rockets
When I was in middle school, I enjoyed building and launching model rockets. Cardboard body tube, balsa fins, plastic nose cone, parachute--with fine strings and…
It’s too hard
I often tell my children, "Nothing worth doing is easy." I also say, "I like it because it's hard" (or fussy, demanding, challenging, technical, etc.).…