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Instant Tunnel Paint
Today, my oldest turns sixteen. Remember sixteen? Sixteen is dreams: glories, terrors, all intensely colored, never pastel. It is the strength born of music and poetry, the power of stories. Sixteen is...
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Maurice Sendak: A Needle Stuck in Childhood
“And Max, the king of all wild things, was lonely and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all.” “Why is my needle stuck in childhood? I don’t know…I guess that’s where my heart is.” -Maurice...
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Schoolish Thoughts: Creative Writing, Loose Reins and the Freedom to Explore
The school year’s coming to a close, and I am in an evaluating mood. Looking back over the year, and the successes and failures the kids and I have had, I find myself thinking the best way to parent...
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Rodalena Reviews…”Moonrise Kingdom”
In my continuing well-intentioned but fruitless efforts to steal Roger Ebert’s gig, I’m attempting to become a Clever Film Critic. I figure what better way to go about this noble quest than to review...
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How to Find God: A Round-About Sort of Map, or a Recipe For Getting Lost
First, sit down on the floor with an expert or two under the age of seven. Gather some Legos, chocolate syrup, a bed sheet, paste, a harmonica, dry pasta, sand, laughter, mud, paint, puddles, old...
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Sunday Lamentations
In time past, there was art in the Sunday paper. No, I’m serious. There really was. It was art of a unique sort: unpretentious, ironic, and witty. It, naturally, appealed largely to children. The...
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Rodalena Reviews: The Hobbit
The release of “The Hobbit” has been anxiously awaited around here (and the rest of the movie-going world, really) for a year or so, and last night we went to see it. Parental Caveats: There is some...
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