As I may have mentioned in passing, we are selling our house. This means that every Sunday between 1 – 4pm we have to get out of our...

Things are pretty freaky over here in the east end of Los Angeles. The power is out in many neighborhoods all around us and we feel...

“As a kid in Canada, skates must just grow on your feet and off you go!”  A young grandma said this to us yesterday as she watched Violet...

Hey Rock ‘n’ Rollers! Here’s a song Richard and I wrote and recorded this weekend for the Occupy Wall St. protesters!! Please sing and...

Life without white flour continues, but like all addicts I’m finding ways around the new rules. For example, have you ever Googled ‘whole...

Yes, this is what you think it is. An adorable keepsake from Violet’s very first performance of her entire life, singing Johnny Cash’s...

I can’t sleep. It’s after three a.m. and I’m lying awake tortured by recent events. I made a parenting faux pas that I can’t forgive...

There are a lot of things in life that we do out of obligation, like returning Facebook messages from people who really should have...

At 40, I feel quite confident that I know how things work. Generally speaking. Sunshine and water make plants grow, parties of six or...

It’s no secret that kids break their parent’s hearts, but I always thought these moments would involve Violet shoving me away in favor of...

Never get out of the boat. Absolutely goddamn right. – Apocalypse Now The other day Richard and I were taking the Goose on a play date...

I don’t know why I’m suddenly so filled with compassion for animals. Becoming a vegetarian, worrying about flies, and now….bawling my...

We’ve had an influx of house flies in our kitchen over the last few days. And by “influx” I mean that there are so many that it’s...