This year “The Stick” made it into the Toy Hall of fame. I found out about it when my sister emailed to tell me and my Toy-guru stepmom that she’d heard it reported on NPR.org. She reminded us of my nephew’s one request when they moved to a new neighborhood recently: “Mom, its got to [...]
Yesterday I was thrilled to see that the Seattle Times ran an Associated Press article written by Dean Fosdick on Garden Coaches entitled Garden Coaches Boost Skills, Confidence. Dean had called me in late December last year to interview me on being a garden mentor. I knew him as a regular gardening writer for the [...]
Sunday I had a brief, one hour window to work in my own garden. The sun was out, and it was relatively warm. Alas! I had so many pressing priorities that I couldn’t get out in the garden until late in the day. And, when I did get out there, my 3-year old friend Anna [...]
