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GeekDad: Sylvia Dreams of Childrens’ Imagination

It may be the bout of vertigo I’m currently battling, but Sylvia’s new children’s music song cycle, Nature Child: A Dreamer’s Journey, had me feeling dizzy. Known to adult contemporary country music fans for her 80s songs, “Nobody,” “Tumbleweed,” and “Drifter,” Sylvia Hutton set out to create an entire fantasy world where all kids can live out […]

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GeekDad: Stack Overflow: Savoring Series

Today’s stack includes books in series—most of them are follow-ups to series that I’ve read before, and one is an older series that I’ve finally gotten around to.   Big Ideas That Changed the World: A Shot in the Arm! by Don Brown Don Brown’s Big Ideas series are non-fiction comics for kids, each focusing on […]

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GeekDad: Tabletop Review: ‘Elector Counts’

Warhammer’s “The Old World” is one of the best-loved fantasy RPG settings. It’s been around for over 30 years, and whilst Games Workshop may have destroyed it to release Warhammer: Age of Sigmar, the Old World still lives on in both print and digital formats. Cubicle7’s 4th of edition of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay has done an […]

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GeekDad: Trauma Music Therapy from You and Us

Some children’s music is uplifting. Some children’s music is educational. Another important component is healing, especially after (or sometimes during, in relation to a pandemic) a traumatic event. President of the New York Art Therapy Association Nicole Porter created a series of everyday tools that could be used outside a clinician’s office, and directed her […]

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