by Dawn | Nov 1, 2015 | food, satire
[Photo credit… the brilliant Sarah Steenland with whom I’ve collaborated on some great kids’ books with more to come. Watch her travel the world as The Cruising Cartoonist. Visit her Amazon Author page as well!] Halloween: Act One–No Costume...
by Dawn | Sep 28, 2015 | Teaching, wellness
Fall is here. It’s beautiful in New England–the trees are starting to look like they grew out of a Norman Rockwell painting. We used to watch this guy on Public Television back in the days when there were only three channels. He’d paint...
by Dawn | Sep 22, 2015 | family, parenting, sustainability
It was decided that the trans-hen-der chicken-that-is-really-a-rooster could not go be sent to the crock pot without a revolt from this vegetarian and that little boy. Then it crowed at 6:10AM, waking the boy again. I started thinking. Humans have eaten animals for...
by Dawn | Sep 17, 2015 | family, food, sustainability
All is quiet. It’s 4:30AM. The boy is asleep. I write. I drink coffee. It’s my favorite time of day, the time when silence fills the soul with enough peace to survive the next twenty-four hours. At precisely 6:10AM, the hen begins to crow. The boy...
by Dawn | Sep 8, 2015 | education reform, family, food
“Hey Mom,” says Declan, “Grab a pair of scissors because we’re going for a run!” He takes the scissors, stares at me, and starts to jog. He’s eight. He’s good at finding my chain and yanking it. Repeatedly. I say no....
by Dawn | Jul 9, 2015 | nature, parenting
“Mom, look. There’s a moth with two heads!” Declan’s staring at the moth on the side of the house. I look. Sure enough, there are two heads there. The thing is, they’re not near each other, as one would expect in a hydra-moth,...
