I’d like to find out if I’m alone here; if my family and kids are somehow freakish–is it just my kids who act like I’m offering them poison or a tainted sewer beverage when I suggest they drink a tall, cool, glass of water? I’m waiting to read the article in the paper about the mother charged with child abuse for insisting her kids drink plain old water as a thirst-quenching beverage instead of juice boxes, sparkling flavored water, gourmet organic milk, or soda. Who, knows, it might actually be me in the paper charged with abuse for being a … Continue reading →

I was reading an old cookbook that I bought recently at a book sale. It is from the early 1950’s. In the breakfast section, there is mention of only a few cereals and it hit me that in my lifetime, we have gone from just a few basic breakfast cereals–to literally hundreds of flavors and versions–with plenty of marketing and salesmanship to go with it. It’s a conspiracy! Now, what sort of conspiracy can diversity in dry cereal choices actually be, you ask? Well, for someone who has more than one child–okay, three children–I’m here to tell you that the … Continue reading →