by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Nov 19, 2013 | Standing In The Shadows
I’ve written about how other years I’ve found the thirty days of gratitude challenges somewhat amusing, because I have long “gotten” the concept that gratitude improves your life. It’s a tool: to see the half-full glass more clearly and...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Nov 26, 2013 | Standing In The Shadows
Here’s what I probably think I should do when it comes to parenting teenagers (now that I have two of them, plus one eleven year-old): Talk less Listen more Shrug often Put another way, as much as there are parallels between toddlers and teenagers (“I do...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Nov 28, 2013 | Standing In The Shadows
Snow on the ground—really? Really. Also, they are blowing snow at Berkshire East Overwhelmed a bit this morning by the notion of excess and family and social whirlwinds and work deadlines buried in the mix and the general much too muchness that can characterize...
by On Springfield | Nov 22, 2013 | On Springfield
Have you made it to any of the Springfield’s Library’s Peacefull City events? If not, there’s still time. Today there’s a discussion about starting a neighborhood watch program; it starts at noon at the East Springfield branch. Tomorrow, the...
by On Springfield | Nov 25, 2013 | On Springfield
• Kari Njiiri of NEPR (so are we not saying “WFCR” anymore? I’m always to last to know these things) reports on a $100,000 federal grant the Springfield schools just received for a super-sounding project: creating gardens in city schools. •...