The Grief Cliche of the COVID Era

My late brother would have been highly susceptible to COVID complications.…
Europe with kids

10 Things I learned traveling abroad with kids

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Thanks to my job as a magazine writer, I've visited some amazing…

Climate Change, Two Ways

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Another of my flash essays, this one published in Hakai Magazine:   Climate…

Homeland Security

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I've been working on a series of flash essays (flash = very short,…

How I created an “American Boy” doll for my son

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Note: This post was written in October 2015. At that time, American…

Saving the world, one sandwich at a time…

My kids' school is a plastic-free zone. Students bring their…