For an entire afternoon one Thursday in August, my family didn’t do anything exciting. To be clear, there are many mornings, afternoons, evenings, entire days, and possibly entire weeks where […]

My sons and I are learning to whittle. With careful hands and practiced movements we’re each shaving off slivers of basswood to turn our blocks into forms that hopefully look […]

“Don’t worry, he’s the main character so nothing bad will happen to him,” my seven-year-old assures my five-year-old with a matter-of-factness that only a young child can muster. The author […]