Sassafras Mama

When I first became a single parent, I quickly realized that saving all the household chores for the weekend was not going to be a successfu...

A few weeks ago, Nate Silver wrote an unsettling article that looked at the electoral numbers and then predicted that President Barack Obam...

At Thanksgiving supper, we all took a turn saying what we were thankful for.  My boy said that he was thankful for having food and shelter. ...

Among my favorite things to do in the kitchen is holiday cooking for the people I love.  This year's Thanksgiving was no exception; I ev...

While we were in Washington D.C. last week, we went to see the Franklin D. Roosevelt monument.  Though I'd seen some pictures, I'd s...

When I first started work in New Jersey, I struck up a friendship with J, the Spanish teacher who taught across the hall from me.  Many morn...

The backstory:   We were at the Natural History Museum in Washington D.C., strolling through the dinosaur display, when JT observed, "L...

The backstory: Strolling the Capitol with his new extra long pencil, JT declared it was a wand and he attempted magic everywhere.  He was l...

On Friday afternoon we headed on over to the Supreme Court to check out the fate of justice.  Spoiler alert: Roberts and Scalia are still co...

I'm in Washington D.C for the annual Model Congress trip and we took an afternoon walk over to the the real Congress.  After a rainy mor...