Folk Music to Get You Started: Roundabout’s Singsong Pennywhistle and the Okee Dokee Brothers
Singing in the home is a civilized activity to which we should all aspire. Starved of real music and prevented from ever […]
“Weird Al” Yankovic’s Children’s Book “When I Grow Up” Beats the Pants Off Average Library Fare
Combing the library stacks in the children’s section will often return drivel. Fuzzy illustrations of anthropomorphized bears who speak only in monosyllables, […]
How to Date: Some General Principles for Future Happiness
There is nothing quite as irksome as the self-satisfied dating advice of the happily married doled out to people who have yet […]
Eating Sprouts and Growing New Ideas
As affluent nations confront the proposition that eating bugs is the healthful way of the future, thinking about food can take on […]
Gilbreth and Cary’s “Cheaper By the Dozen” Which Has Nothing to Do with the Movie
What is it that makes large families so fascinating? A hundred years after the Gilbreth family welcomed their 12 children to the […]
J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” and the Lost Art of Respite
“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo.“So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live […]
The Super Great World of Super Great Kids’ Stories
Storytelling is best done in person. There’s no substitute for the human voice communicating a tale in the here-and-now. But, alas, in […]
Interior Life Home: Inspiration and Decorating Advice for Ordinary Catholics
Many Catholic homemakers were enthused by the publication of Theology of Home a few years ago. The book, by Carrie Gress and […]