So for all the feels of the end of the school year, I’ve got a wine to go with each one. End of the School Year Wine Pairings Sauvignon Blanc For when your kid is leaving one school and heading to another. Whether it’s from his small, hands-on preschool to public school or fro...
It has been an incredible year for singer/songwriter Sharon Van Etten, particularly when it comes to Peak TV. In addition to scoring the film “Strange Weather,” she performed “Tarifa” on “Twin Peaks: The Return,” delivered her cover of Skeeter Davis‘“The End of the World” for “...
Here’s the only bloomon the new Tree Peony we planted last year. I almost didn’t include the photograph because the focus isn’t crisp, but decided to anyway because it is still lovely in a kind of smear-petroleum-jelly-on-the-lens-for-the-aging-actress kind of way. And here’s ...
Education has been on my mind a lot lately after my songot into preschool. If he likes the school, it goes through the 8th grade. However, Is it worth spending tens of thousands a year in private grade school tuition for the next nine years? I'm not so sure! In addition, I was a...
If I had to guess I’d say that he loved the chase most of all. I’ve never known dogs who seemed to love to run, just for the sake of running, as much as Wilie and his Uncle Cool Hand Luke. In short: easy breezy to train Willie’s recall. Compare Willie to Tootsie: I got...
My 4-year-old recently started preschool. He came home last week and said “Poopy poop poopy poop” and then “you may die” while looking right at me. (I’m not sure why exactly the kids at school are saying these particular phrases. It is a lovely, outdoor, screen-free school so...
The government had announced plans to have more preschools in the area earlier this year and three preschools run by PAP Community Foundation were officially opened today (July 25). The three Sparkle Tots preschools in Punggol West have been in operation since 2013, and along with another cent...
The summer of Skyler’s fourth year was when it started. A smoldering ember of understanding in him sparked, and fanned by our efforts, steadily flamed. His first words were hardly recognizable, often out of context, never spontaneous. Then, slowly, he could point to an item and say a wo...
The summer of Skyler’s fourth year was when it started. A smoldering ember of understanding in him sparked, and fanned by our efforts, steadily flamed. His first words were hardly recognizable, often out of context, never spontaneous. Then, slowly, he could point to an item and say a wo...
For them, all we can do is strive for “as happy as is possible,” which of course, applies to us too. I look forward to hearing your thoughts, and whether “Making My Dog Happy” seems like a good goal for the New Year. Here’s to a year that is kind to us all, two and ...