First in my December series on little fun DIY Tree crafts. I have been seeing a Christmas tree meme circulating for at least ten years now, and I am finally going to give it a try on a smaller scale. Someone asked her boyfriend to make her a “cartoon” Christmas tree, but instead of decorating […]
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This December, I will share some fun DIYS centered around a common site during the month of December…Christmas trees. These trees are not only a common site in the real world, but many fictional Christmas trees are almost have personalities of their own. In anticipation of December crafting and the flood of holiday movies coming […]
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I recently wrote about Felicia Day’s new audiobook Third Eye, an Audible original that released in October. Lucky for me, I also got the chance to interview her via Zoom for GeekMom and discussed Third Eye, being a creator, and the things she and her daughter are enjoying. Here’s some of the fun highlights from […]
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It’s the holiday shopping season, and finding the perfect gift for your loved ones can be a nightmare—especially for those who are into the latest music, movies, and related accessories. That’s where our 2023 Holiday Gift Guide comes in handy. Handpicked by our team, we bring you an exclusive selection of this year’s must-have items. […]
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It’s that time of year again. Shoppers race around on the quest for the perfect gift as the festive lights start twinkling and the holiday season approaches. While there are a ton of choices, books make great gifts. The choices are endless and often overwhelming for those with friends who are book club members, aspiring […]
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I’m always writing about my mixed feelings towards the Thanksgiving season, and I still get a little stressed out over everything from the impending holiday and Christmas season to the simple act of setting a table. I see articles and videos of people telling us what they do the make their Thanksgiving weekend less stressful […]
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I love a good advent calendar. My kids, for the most part, love a chocolate advent calendar. Each year I fill little cardboard drawers with little bites of chocolatey goodness, coins, Santas, other assorted shapes. I have learned many lessons over the years. Not one of them wants nuts or crisped rice in their advent […]
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This week, I had the privilege of taking my eleven-month-old daughter to our local county fair. It was such a joy to witness her exposure to a vast array of new and unusual sensory information. Sensorial experiences are the root of all learning for young children! Although we have enjoyed reading books together about farm […]
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You’re so over X/Twitter and can’t quite seem to entirely leave. You’ve got a few friends on Threads and a few on Bluesky. You’re pretty sure you also have accounts on at least five other social media networks and have forgotten most of them. And once in a while you hear the words “fediverse” and […]
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Whether they are offered as a safe alternative to door-to-door trick-or-treating, a fundraising effort for a school, place of worship, or nonprofit organization, or just a community-run way of giving families something to do together in the fall, the trunk-or-treat is still a popular event. When my oldest daughter was just a few years old, […]
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About a year ago I started being a truly regular D&D Dungeon Master for a group of elementary school kids at our FLGS (Favorite Local Gaming Store). A store with someone running a regular group for kids that young is basically unheard of. In all fairness, our FLGS is also a rarity in the fact […]
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Not long ago, I went to my local indie bookstore and said, “I’m looking for a science fiction novel that is fun, space opera-y, that focuses on relationships between people and possibly even kind of queer.” The bookseller’s face lit up, and she immediately pulled down a couple books from the shelf, one being Becky […]
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When it comes to hair-related products, you should know what kind of head is giving you the scoop. As a small child, I had solid 3a/3b ringlets. For the first chunk of my adulthood, I didn’t understand anything about curl types and suffered from attempting to apply advice from styling magazines clearly targeted at naturally […]
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I know we have all seen it in magazines or on social media: the haunting of the dollhouse. The easy concept of turning an old foofy pink and white plastic doll house into a gothic spooky Halloween season home decoration has been all over the crafty influencers’ feeds for at least a couple of years, […]
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I’ve seen Woobles ads on Facebook for a while now, but, since I already knew how to crochet, I hadn’t ever tried out one of their kits. Their kits look pretty awesome for people just learning to crochet, and you end up with a cute animal or other item in the end. But what did […]
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My friends, I have made mistakes going all the way back to the beginning of my first pregnancy. No, not mistakes, plural. Mistake, singular. Because I have learned no lessons from the past. First, many years ago, I joined the Babycenter message boards’ “birth club” group for my growing alien’s expected arrival month. At some […]
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I keep seeing memes and posts on social media stating “September is Halloween Eve,” and I’m here for it. Of course, the word “Halloween” refers to that particular day’s “Eve” itself (All Hallows Eve). So, technically September would be an Eve of an Eve, but who cares? I just like a reason to break from […]
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On a lovely weekend, early this fall, we visited a magical place. The geographical place itself is fairly magical when unadorned, but on this particular weekend downton Bath in Maine was rendered even more magical by the annual Bath Book Bash. I have been aware of the Bath Book Bash for the last two years, […]
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We celebrate Batman Day every September, and although the Caped Crusader is a most worthy subject for this post, I am going to think outside the belfry before the summer comes to a close and talk about some other fictional bats. Bats are one of the classic go-tos for Halloween decorating, but they aren’t really […]
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Thinkfun has long been one of our go to stops for brainy games and puzzles, so I’m always excited to see what they’ll come out with next. With their fall releases came a new game called Goats’ Day Out which felt like the perfect blend of brainy and silliness for my nine-year-old, W. Thinkfun was […]
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I’ve been going to Dragon Con and other conventions in costume for more than 20 years. I’ve worn Star Wars, Mass Effect, and Ghostbusters costumes, all of which have ongoing communities of cosplayers and meetups. But never have I seen the kind of instant community that happened at this year’s Dragon Con thanks to the […]
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America: The Atlas is a brand new book from the Smithsonian folks that takes us through the history of the Americas, integrating map study along the way. Its 384 pages focus on North America but also include plenty of information on Central and South America as well. The maps and images show us history, putting […]
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I think everyone would agree that books and the stories they contain are treasures. Even old used books, with worn covers and torn edges, still contain fresh, new tales to those reading them for the first time. This is one of the many reasons I love to explore used bookstores. I have picked up books […]
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If you play Dungeons & Dragons, especially as the DM, you’ve probably come across the Game Master Books. They’re a series of 5e books designed to help you create your games and sessions that are meant to apply to a variety of campaign settings—as well as offering tools for people who homebrew. I got lucky […]
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I may have a problem. I have a teeny tiny obsession with Disney merchandise (or merch) at the moment. And since my entire family loves LEGO, I bought four individual bags of the mini figures that were released as part of the celebration of 100 years of Disney. I hadn’t really paid attention to them, […]
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This summer’s Be the Artist series asks the question, “But is it art?” Ok, where do I even begin to talk about the Tiki culture and its popular style movement in the mid-twentieth century? There’s the fashion! There’s the food and drinks! There’s the décor, and there are the destination attractions, books and movies. There […]
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Dear Parents, Similar to the last time I wrote this, your kids are likely either back in school or going to be back between now and just after Labor Day. Of course, after all the new sneakers, supplies, and backpacks are purchased, it comes time to actually deal with the logistics of school days. Unfortunately, […]
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Author James L. Sutter has been busy. In between the releases of his romantic young adult novel (Darkhearts, Wednesday Books/Macmillan) and two comics (Starfinder: Angels of the Drift #1, Dynamite Entertainment and the story “Remakers” in Schlock Mercenary #17: A Little Immortality) in June, plus writing for future projects, he found the time to answer […]
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This summer’s Be the Artist series asks the question “But, is it art?” What is a Remarque An artist remarque isn’t something people normally scoff at, but rather something many collectors love. So, why have I included something as collectable and enjoyed as an addition of an artist’s personal touch to a print in this […]
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I’d been eyeing the reMarkable Tablets since the first version came out years ago. Having a place to write things down by hand and never run out of “paper” seemed like a great invention. But it wasn’t until the reMarkable 2 Tablet came out, and now with even more accessory possibilities, that I got the […]
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