Parenting Without Borders, by Christine Gross-Loh

Once I recovered from my disappointment at reading the title, wishing I had used it first . . . smile . . . I very much enjoyed reading this new book and recommend it wholeheartedly. The take-away I find most compelling is that no one country’s parenting...

Unplugged Schools

My sister wrote to me yesterday, mentioning a recent talk in Yellow Springs, Ohio, our hometown, by Lowell Monke. A quick search took me to Monke’s article in a 2007 issue of Orion, an environmental magazine. I’ll give you the link in a minute, but first:...

Shock, fear, sadness in Cambridge and Boston

This is all quite strange. The Boston Marathon bombings, four days ago, and now the city where I live, Cambridge, Mass. – – revealed as home to the perpetrators, one now dead and the other on the run – – locked down. All I know is that we are...