Present Me and Past Me have a slight misunderstanding regarding expectations for life. Read More
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A Conversation With My Younger Self
Award Winning Books and the Eye of the Beholder
The 2019 ALA Youth Media Awards were just announced, and there were a lot of different ways they could have gone. But that’s the fun of it! Read More
I’m Not Bad at Math, Just Math Homework
Maybe math phobia can be avoided by changing the way we think about it, teach it, or at least assign it for homework. Read More
Maker-Hoarding: An Excess of Possibilities
A crafty mind can make junk-purging difficult, when even the most “useless” garbage presents its many possible other uses to you. Read More
The Traditional New Year’s Eve Movie Marathon
Why go out New Year’s Eve when you can stay home and have a movie marathon with the whole family? Read More
When Technology Becomes Traditional or Geeking Out About Christmas Lights
“Electric” implies “modern,” but electric Christmas lights are an ancient Winter Solstice tradition that simply waited for the technology to arrive. Read More
4 Reasons to Take (Even Your Non-Dancey) Kids to the Ballet
Now’s the time to find a local production of ‘The Nutcracker’ and take the whole family. Ballet is not just for fans of tutu-ed fairy princesses! Read More
Celebrating Madeleine L’Engle’s Centennial With a Couple Kids Who Finally Care
Amy celebrates the 100th birthday of her favorite author by finally, finally getting her kids interested. Read More
A Car Geek Growing Up
Amy compares her tween car nut watching ‘Cars 3’ to the toddler he once was watching the original. Read More
Maybe I’m a Gaming Addict, Too
Amy explores the traits, at least in her family, that make a person particularly susceptible to being unable to stop video gaming. Read More
Fictional Character Overload! A Geek Problem
Amy likes stories too much. And if she’s deeply into too many stories at once, it can get a little confusing in her brain. Read More
Geek Links: 90-Second Newbery Film Festival, 2019
Over at Fuse#8 Productions, James Kennedy, founder of the 90-Second Newbery Film Festival, has whipped up a guest post to get young book-and-film geeks planning for this coming year’s festival. Courtesy: http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production Read More
We Took Electronics Away For One Morning and THIS Happened
Left to their own devices without devices, these kids can get a little goofy…. Read More
From Dress-Up Box to Cosplay Stash
Reimagining an early-childhood make-believe dress-up box into a stash of raw materials for cosplay somehow gives it renewed appeal to an older child—and her mother. Read More
The One Page of ‘Harry Potter’ That Always Makes Me Cry
It’s not the on-page deaths in ‘Harry Potter’ that make me weepy. It’s the cut-short promise of a mother’s love. Read More
A Comforting Fortress of Bookcases
In which Amy gushes about the hidden powers of bookshelves. Read More
What You Should Know About Banned Books Week
Does the concept of Banned Books Week confuse you? Amy tries to sort it all out here for you. Read More
Mainstream Geekishness Is Not an Oxymoron
You can still geek out over something EVERYONE loves. It’s not the niche-ness that makes someone a geek. It’s the PASSION. Read More
You Need New Friends (Or at Least Need to Learn to Listen)
If you’re ever inclined to generalize about a certain type of person, it’s probably because you haven’t met enough of them. Read More
Taxonomies Are Fun
I’m notoriously against dichotomies when it comes to people. Objects, on the other hand, are fun to sort. There are games based on the concept of using dichotomies to identify objects: Twenty Questions, and all its spinoffs, like this Hedbandz game my kids have. Through a series of yes or no questions, you gradually narrow… Read More
