Tag: family

8 Ways to Remix Family Holiday Gatherings for More Joy

By Cat Johnson

12.18.12, 9:46am Comments (0)

Eight ways to shake up boring or stressful holiday gatherings, Shareable-style. Read more »

9 Awesome Citizen Science Projects for the Summer

By Lily Bui

08.07.12, 7:38am Comments (0)

Get the whole family involved in some fun citizen science projects during the dog days of summer. Read more »

Playborhoods: Placemaking for Kids

By Neal Gorenflo

05.13.12, 9:38am Comments (10)

Childhood has been enclosed. Time to re-establish the play commons and rescue our kids from boredom, obesity and depression. Read more »

Transplant

By Heather Villa

03.05.12, 5:39pm Comments (1)

While on vacation, my young daughter couldn’t resist the chance to pet a furry lamb’s ear. A lamb’s ear of the perennial variety, that is. Read more »

It's A Good Weird

By Corbyn Hightower

02.26.12, 10:14pm Comments (0)

As Corbyn Hightower's family has re-scaled their lives to scaled down earnings, they've met more artists, eccentrics, and cheerful outcasts. It's a good weird. Read more »

Mashed Sandwiches and Empty Water Bottles

By Corbyn Hightower

02.13.12, 6:01pm Comments (4)

How the "automatic pariah-status" of living car-free liberated Corbyn Hightower's family. Read more »

Craigslist and Other Intimacies

By Corbyn Hightower

01.06.12, 4:07pm Comments (3)

This is what people love to call a first world issue. Read more »

I'm Too Lazy to Write This Piece

By Corbyn Hightower

12.26.11, 9:23pm Comments (5)

"Now Mom, I'm going to have you sit on the floor in front of the hearth. Sisters, can you sit on either side of your mom? Put your hand on her shoulder, there . . . that's it. Read more »

Occupying My Living Room

By Corbyn Hightower

10.30.11, 3:23pm Comments (5)

Corbyn Hightower's family can't Occupy — they have school-age children, babysit, have no car, and live twenty miles from the closest site of activism. But they're feeling the effects of the movement as it ripples through their networks and informs almost every conversation. Read more »