Two years ago, I decided to look at the numbers that shaped my 2012. This year, inspired by a friend’s post, I chose to revisit a picture for each month of 2014. January Dylan and I started off 2014 with the Pinewood Derby. His Creeper car didn’t win many heats, but hey……
Category: Fatherhood
What’s Good for the Goose
Amidst the seemingly endless parade of art projects, desk clean-outs, and partially depleted school supplies that have been coming home over the past few weeks, my son brought home a portfolio of his work from his Gifted Support program. My wife and I sat down to look at the contents…
Words Mean Things IV
For some context, see my previous three “Words Mean Things” posts. Last time I wrote one of these posts, girls were too pretty to do math. I guess a lot has changed in the STEM world in the last two years, because now they get their own pretty pink telescopes:…
Nodes in the Network
So a funny thing happened on the way to my inbox… I received an email early last month through the “Contact” page on my website with the subject line, “Do you know a child named Kiera who would use a winter hat?” This caught my attention because, as luck would…
The Best Five Minutes
Happy New Year! While it’s a brand new (Gregorian) calendar year, educators in the US are just about smack in the middle of the school year. Seasonal Affective Disorder notwithstanding, it’s easy to get a little down in the period post-Christmakwanzukkah festivities. The trees come down, the lights get put…