Monthly nostalgia in our mailbox

I spent a chunk of my childhood moving about. We spent a year in Texas followed by 4.5 in Hawaii while my dad remained in Illinois. I spent summers with my dad, a week at Christmas, talked to him every Sunday night on the phone, and looked forward to a Highlights magazine and accompanying letter [...]

I {heart} Board Games. Do You? [Giveaway!]

{Giveaway Closed} Every Christmas, my dad, his siblings, and all of us kids (and, now, some of our kids) get together for a one-day holiday extravaganza. We travel in from Iowa, New York, and Pennsylvania, and — if all of our geeked out Facebook status messages are any indication — we all look forward to [...]