December 21 is the first day of winter and the shortest day of the year in the Northern hemisphere. Parts of Canada, Alaska, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Greenland, and the northern tip of Iceland will experience 24 hours of total darkness. Winter could be a long, dark, and difficult time for many of our forebears….
“Mama, will you tell me a story?” my three-year-old son Ezra asks as I tuck him in at night. Who could refuse, right? Of course, the moment I utter, “The end”, the follow-up request comes: “Another story, Mama? About a turtle.” We usually negotiate the number of stories to three. Inventing three stories a night…
December 21 is the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. Locales above the Arctic Circle, including parts of Canada, Alaska, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Greenland, and the very northern tip of Iceland will experience 24 hours of total darkness. You can find out when the sun will rise and set where you…
A review of: Living Outside the Box: TV-Free Families Share Their Secrets by Barbara Brock Published by Eastern Washington University Press, 2007 The statistics about television-watching in America should concern everyone: The TV is on for 6 hours and 47 minutes a day in the average house. The average person watches more than 4 hours…