Earlier this year my six-year-old daughter and I attended an event at her elementary school. Students and parents wandered around the gym perusing tables covered with various knickknacks, books, toys, and holiday ornaments. One table at the center of the room caught her eye. The Superhero Table! “Mom, Mom, LOOK!” she squealed. She excitedly inspected […]

Critical thinking means making reasoned judgments that are logical and well thought out. It is a way of thinking in which you don’t simply accept all arguments and conclusions you are exposed to but rather have an attitude involving questioning such arguments and conclusions” (www.study.com). I can’t sleep. It’s the night of the Iowa Caucus […]

It’s 9:45pm on a Friday night and everyone in my house is sleeping. Not a creature is stirring except my 17-pound tabby cats, Max and Sammy, who I hear making a mess of their food in the laundry room downstairs. I’m taking advantage of this unprecedented solitude by editing my novel – a 250-page YA […]

I sit cross-legged atop a bar stool looking out across the street. Dog Story Theater advertises “Comedy Mondays: Barefoot in the Park.” A church steeple towers over the small row of shops and restaurants nestled on Jefferson Street in downtown Grand Rapids’ southeast side. I’m at Bartertown for lunch – a Vegan-only place that serves […]