Books and Broccoli

Every year I try a new vegetable in my garden. Last year it was corn, which immediately attracted a 157,000 new garden pests. The chipmunks were thrilled by the addition of the corn, but no one else really was (see: 157,000 new garden pests) so this year we replaced the corn with broccoli. My kids [...]

My Father's Dragon

I’ve spent the past couple of nights reading The Tales of My Father’s Dragon. It got me kind of teary-eyed (though it’s not a teary story) because I’m pretty sure it’s the first book my son handed to me and insisted that I read.

Normally it is me thrusting books into his hands, or reading [...]