PRIME TIME WITH KIDS: Traveling by air with kids
— May 17, 2018I was one of the last to board a spring break flight from snowy Minnesota to sunny Florida. As I stepped from the jetway into the galley and turned right, I couldn’t help but smile…
I was one of the last to board a spring break flight from snowy Minnesota to sunny Florida. As I stepped from the jetway into the galley and turned right, I couldn’t help but smile…
After-school time is prime time for school-age kids. Like that commute when adults switch gears from the end of their workday to home life, it’s a transition period in a busy day….
What a celebration! The Habitat for Humanity volunteer build team from Minnesota, including my husband and son, had just finished pouring the cement floor and raising the walls of a…
It’s spring! Earth Day is coming up on April 22, and Arbor Day is the 27th. Here’s a fun family craft that combines all three. It gets you outside, with your eye on nature’s beauty…
The word was out from the fire marshal in California’s Santa Cruz mountains to remove dry brush, firewood and debris close to cabins and homes, to help protect them from possible…
Celebrate Mom on Mother’s Day with a homemade breakfast surprise. This recipe is a twist on a delicious puff pancake, also called a Dutch baby, which typically is baked in a large…
It’s tree time. Arbor Day comes up on April 27, a calendar reminder to set your sights upward and appreciate the beauty of trees large and small. Most of us have recollections of…
“Hey, come on, Donna, follow us … we’re playing loop-de-loop,” shouted barefoot 5-year-old Eva gleefully, as she followed the freshly drawn trail in the damp sand that her older…