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by Yesenia Gomez-Carrillo  I love this time of year, filled with joy, cherished traditions, gratitude – and let’s not forget those wonderfully cozy moments. The holidays often encourage us [...]

Gone are the days when four bags of groceries cost $75 and were enough to feed a family for a week.  Even McDonald’s is no longer an inexpensive, guilty night […]

by Sue, Sojourn with Sue Posted August 11, 2024 Updated August 12, 2024 If you’re visiting Northern California and looking for groceries for your trip (or if you live here) […]

"It sounds so hard!" Suki Wessling, May, 2024 The Babblery There are many wonderful things about modern communication, including the fact that you could find this text and read it! […]

“No Nights (or Chapters) Off.” And Other Grown Up Lessons From Reading to My Kids Mark Cecil on What He’s Learned From the Toughest Audience There Is, Children By Mark Cecil March […]

Escape into Mysteries Always have a cozy paperback mystery on hand for those times when you want to set stress and worries aside by escaping into another world where the […]

Couples can have disagreements and still be on each other’s side. We’ve studied over 30,000 couples—here are 6 phrases you’ll hear in the most successful relationships. Published Jan 30, 2024 [...]

Wait Until 8th empowers parents to say yes to waiting for the smartphone “The Wait Until 8th pledge empowers parents to rally together to delay giving children a smartphone until […]

We, a local mom and I, were talking about the romance of camping out in the wilderness, which led to the concept of camping out with children. She shared her […]

Kindergarten, TK, Private School K or Preschool K, a Pod or Home School? It comes up every year as parents of children in the 4 -5 year old range weigh […]