I don’t play piano, but last night I did. In the basement of an old Masonic temple where my church’s youth group meets, there is a dusty piano. It is out-of-tune and some of the keys don’t work. The piano has always been my favorite instrument, but I don’t have the talent to make it […]

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 […]