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28 Dec 2019 3 minute read 1 comment CutterMutter
With my son entering his teens, a letter written to him years ago is now ripe for posting. Hello Son, I write to you today about Education. I don't know when you will start to read this but I hope you read it many times at different stages of your li...
14 Dec 2019 3 minute read 0 comments ccuthbertauthor
I like to tell myself I’m a patient person. But anyone who knows me will tell you this is fantasy. I try to be patient. It’s a virtue I’ve never mastered, but practice regularly. Often I believe it’s my ultimate lesson to learn, since I am tested on...
11 Nov 2019 2 minute read 5 comments blueeyes8960
source I remember growing up as a child before the electronics and virtual world took over. We went outside, we found our friends, and we PLAYED OUTSIDE until our curfew. When we became bored we used our imagination and inven...
10 Nov 2019 2 minute read 0 comments JaiChai
Source IJCH - Inside JaiChai's Head (meaning: My warped, personal opinions and musings) From the Author Salutations. I am JaiChai. And if I haven't had the pleasure to make your acquaintance, I'm delighted to meet you now. Growing Up Differently Wh...
2 Nov 2019 5 minute read 26 comments (S)llew la Wulf
It has recently come to my attention that my almost 12 year old and her peers have been playing a game, whenever there is a party or group sleepover, which happens quite a lot at the moment. Now I'm fully aware, having been a child myself that it is...
1 Nov 2019 2 minute read 2 comments blueeyes8960
Photo by Phoenix Han on Unsplash My favorite fruit has always been fresh pineapple. Yes, it's a little more work than just peeling a banana or washing a Honey Crisp apple and grabbing a bite. But it's so worth it. My favorite dessert - pineap...
10 Sep 2019 1 minute read 0 comments anosike
HAVING CHILDREN...is terrifying! They didn't CHOOSE to be born. You CHOSE to have them. So all they become - good or bad - like it or not, is on you. And that's not all. At a certain point, you'll LOSE CONTROL.Yet, they're still Your Responsibility....
25 Feb 2019 3 minute read 0 comments Steve B Howard
I’m actually re-reading “Homo Deus” by Yuval Noah Harari. If you aren’t familiar with it or him, he’s the historian who wrote the best selling “Sapiens” a few years back which told the story of Homo Sapiens based on what we know from 70,000 years ago...
