Science Can Be Fun AND Easy! Simone Thursday, November 18, 2010 I always found textbook explanations for autumn's changes too hard and sciencey. I want someth… Read more
Julia, Slow Down! Simone Tuesday, November 16, 2010 One minute she's slipping the skins off the pearl onions, the next she's quartered the mush… Read more
Dr. Who Simone Thursday, November 11, 2010 I was reading in the latest issue of The Atlantic about the return of the British hit TV show "… Read more
Burn Barrel Simone Thursday, November 04, 2010 Holy smoke. This is the way I remember it. How ours looked, in the back yard, behind the elm tree, … Read more
Embracing the pumpkin Every day I get asked by the many people (in my head) who are dying to know--what am I waiting for? When am I going to… Keep reading
The Secret to Wiggling Your Ears First, be an elf. If not an elf, employ my dad's method of using mind over matter. Simply focus on your ears, imagi… Keep reading
Tornado Drill! Just like that winter is turning to spring and in Kansas that means one thing -- let the tornado drills begin! Kansas i… Keep reading
My Favorite Type of Storm Long live the brainstorm! I say this on behalf of cerebrums everywhere, while we're still allowed to have independ… Keep reading
All I Want For Christmas Is time to read.I want to read this book, Sanderson's Lunch. It's about this diner in Kansas City, that no long… Keep reading
Polar Vortex Cometh C'est ici--another polar vortex. The arctic chill deepens in this endless winter. I look out and I see only gray.… Keep reading