While grocery shopping with my vegetarian daughter recently, we had a hard time finding our favorite black bean burgers at the store. There were other substitutes, but they just wouldn’t do. Finding the right food for a picky vegetarian teenager is dangerous territory, fraught with all kinds of emotional land mines. Wait a minute, how hard can it be to make them? We could even do it together. Continue reading
Need some nutritious calories? Here you go. Sweet summer activity fuel. Continue reading
Two years ago, I wrote this post about having a list of activities to which a parent could refer a bored child. It’s that time of year again, and I have revised the list slightly and revamped it visually. Continue reading
Or, in other words, our family cramping trip to Death Valley, California.
Summer is one of the best seasons to visit Middlebury. Continue reading
In case you’re looking for a few ideas beyond rhubarb pie…. Continue reading
I like to travel. This summer, I will be an armchair tourist through 20 years of international family life. Continue reading
We’re sending summer back to the year’s rotation and awaiting the beginning of Vermont’s most famous season. Continue reading
The desert in July? Of course! Why not? Continue reading
It’s summer, and the kids are bound to have lapses in their own creative ideas for fun. Continue reading
Thirty Marens Agree 