Theme: Curious George Though I did hire out the activities portion to a nearby kids' gymnastics center, I managed to home-make a variety of things to go along with the theme. The party place provided plenty of fun activities led by someone other than me, brightly-colored paper goods, juice for the k...

You can never have too much food. We discovered this the hard way when 70+ people showed up to get their picture taken with Santa last December. Always bring your camera with you, everywhere, even to the most mundane events. And make sure your batteries are charged or that you have spares! Case in p...

Here’s Diana’s website. Here’s video from our interview. I am deeply impressed by this young woman.  It’s the subliminity of her prose, the profoundity of her thoughts, and the beauty of her eyes. Not sure which is most important to me. Here’s Diana at her book rea...

One. Texting has its limits. Occasional texting is fine, but when one confines themselves to texting as not everyone has unlimited and I can't narrow thoughts to 200 characters. After awhile, either e-mail me or call. And when I call you, answer the damn phone. Two. Back to crunching down diet wise ...