Last year, I was invited to test and offer feedback on some puzzle-y brain games made by ThinkFun. The opportunity arose through one of my puzzle-making connections. In my typically altruistic fashion, […]
Brain Games: Chocolate Fix, by ThinkFun
Jen
My Great Pumpkin
Since I’m not decorating my home for Halloween, I’ll decorate my blog. I did, after all, make the effort to grow a Great Pumpkin. This was my first attempt at pumpkins. It […]
Life in Aialik Bay
Join us on a canoe trip to upper Pederson Lagoon and paddle around cool icebergs.
Bloody Creative Cooking
One of the thrills and adventures of caretaking is discovering what kind of lodge food is left over and available to us. We’ve had caviar, capers, and eleven-pound blocks of chocolate at […]
Seven-Year-Old Storyteller
Back in July, I had the chance to spend some time with my friend, Jillian. We played in a sandbox that is filled with rice instead of sand. As we played, Jillian […]
Cucumber News
There will be no cucumbers. Those starts died shortly after being transplanted out into the garden. They’ve never done well—we still need and don’t yet have a greenhouse—but I usually try anyway. […]
