How and Why to Hang a Hammock
A friend recently confided that she loves hammocks, but mostly to look at; she’s not the sort to laze about on a summer afternoon. Despite being, like my friend, averse to slothfulness, I choose to...
View ArticleSummer Reading Tips
As you head into summer with your school-age children, you might be trying to find ways to support the academic advances they’ve made during the school year without making summer feel like an endless...
View Article10 Tips for a Day at the Beach with Kids
Nothing evokes a summer idyll like a lazy day spent at water’s edge. In Vermont, this means a lake or a pond, which means the water is as likely to be bordered by gravel or stones as sand, rather than...
View Article5 Tips for Staying Sane on Family Trips
You likely have fond memories of family trips. You remember your parents packing provisions, stuffing suitcases and loading everyone up in the car. While, as a kid, what you knew was that you had an...
View ArticleChildren + Water = Fun
We have a beloved Golden Retriever who can seemingly smell water from hundreds of yards away, making a beeline for anything deeper than dew and, without hesitation, diving in to make it a full-body...
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