Archive for September 2009

Playtime poison

Our Big Boy was sent home early from preschool one day last week. He wasn’t sick. He wasn’t biting other kids. He just couldn’t stop scratching. He’d clawed his arms and legs to the point of drawing blood in some places. What I’d thought were a few bug bites that morning turned out to be [...]

Guest Blogger: How to Attract Watchable Wildlife

Please join me in welcoming guest blogger Jodi Torpey! Jodi is a Denver-based garden writer, master gardener and nonfiction author. Her articles are published on gardening websites, in national gardening magazines and regional newspapers. She has special interests in creating backyard habitats and gardening with her dog, Rufus T. Smudge. Read more of Jodi’s writing [...]

Squeezing the juice out of summer

The warm days are growing cooler. The kids are going back to school. Labor Day, the unofficial “end of summer,” is just around the corner. I love fall like everyone else, but before it gets here, I find myself savoring all the tastes of summer. As the season winds down, I don’t want to let [...]