Hilltown Families 
Nothing Like a Swim Summer for us means a few trips away, a week of camp for each boy and many days of waking up in the morning and figuring out...
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art Our most pristine days have been reserved for traditional summer activities like turning on the sprinkler, slurping popsicles and tossing food on the...
The Tuesday Market Northampton’s Tuesday Market is one of the many things we love about living walking distance from downtown. However, it’s a treat we have to wait for Spring and...
Searching for Spring Spring has taken its sweet time coming our way. I grew up in a city, and now I live in a smaller one with my family. As a...
Back and Better Than Ever: Children’s Department at the Forbes Library Make no mistake that spring is coming, but until it stays over 55 for four days in a row, my...
An Almost Farewell Ode to the Northampton Parents Center Theo, my youngest child, turns five in a just two months. The fall will mark the beginning of his school career as...
We Went Bowling! Wow. My kids have been home from school way too much of this winter. It’s wearing me out! When my three boys can go outside to play, snow...
Stir Crazy at the Holidays For the first few days of school vacation, everyone just sacks out. The boys head to their own little corners to enjoy the break in routine....
Children’s Museum in Holyoke It’s winter here. The ground is cold, but not yet snow-covered. The days have been getting shorter and we’ve hit the point at which they will grow...
I Love Trash! Late autumn here in New England and the light is leaving us. The sun is down almost as soon as we have eaten our after school snack. Everyone...
Pet-Free Till Now: The Botanic Garden at Smith Works its Magic We’ve been a pet-free family for almost 15 years. The first three years of our marriage we worked so much...
Historic Deerfield: That Museum Town My mom and I had a little time on a sunny day a few weeks back and took the kids to Historic Deerfield. To be very...
An American Weekend: The Norman Rockwell Museum We celebrated Labor Day weekend here in New England with family. We had a full house and more than our fair share of Bub’s...
Northampton’s Big Backyard: Look Park in Florence The first day of school for my gang is in the books. We wave and kiss summer good-bye. We look ahead to our fall...
Welcoming Autumn I was a city girl. We lived in Manhattan when I was child, but my parents were not from there. They were city mice in their own way. They...
Into the Woods When the heat broke recently we headed to the woods in New York for a week. If you have ever been to the Adirondack Park you know what...
Mummified in the Berkshires As the heat wave continued, the boys and I packed it all up for a full day at The Berkshire Museum, including a performance of The Mummy’s...
Heat Wave When we moved an hour north, I thought it might be snowier in the winter, but I didn’t think it’d be hotter in the summers. Here in Northampton we...
School’s Out School’s out! The last time it was this hot, my family and I had just moved to Northampton from a sleepy Connecticut suburb, there were two weeks until school...