A few years ago, after the violent attacks on the MAX train, a mother asked me what to do: How to answer her daughter’s questions and fears, and how to answer her own questions and fears. I wrote her a…

These are the faces of children watching a spider catch a mosquito and wrap it up in web. After we walked around the neighborhood watching spiders, collecting gorgeous leaves, and noticing pumpkins ripening on the vine, someone asked me, “When…

This grasshopper paid us a visit. We furnished it quite a nice home. Birch even made it a life jacket in case it wants to go swimming in the bird bath.

Charlie (with the dustpan): “I’m watching Thomas.” Fritz (with the quilt square): “I’m watching a grownup show cause I’m a grownup.”

When you’re in hot lava and need your friend to pull you out, sometimes a stick is useful.