McPike Park was dedicated in April 2018 in honor of of Milton McPike, former principal of East High School. My guess is that most ...

Sunday, May 3  from 11-1  at the Yahara Place Park Bring a picnic. Bring a blanket. Bring a jacket, as it always seems to be e...

People say  that travel  opens your eyes  to see more clearly where you come from.  People say  that we need to  teach our children glo...

I have reworked this digital space a bit recently. I wanted to make it more beautiful, but am limited by the restrictions of the blog...

"I dreamed about how we could do it," my daughter said, and she meant it very literally, I think. It was before breakfast, she ...

On a very cold but sunny afternoon last week, I let the kids loose on the frozen lagoon with ten colorful orbs of ice. Tenney Park is ...

What makes a neighborhood into a community? What makes a bunch of houses into homes? I've lived on my street a long time. Last ...

I love public art. Not all of it; some I find tasteless or ugly or boring. But I'm supportive of it all on principle and want more o...

My first daughter knows the story of how, when she was born, we were not prepared for her. She surprised us in arriving a full four wee...

You have probably noticed the raspberries. Even if you don't have school-age kids, if you have walked on the 1000 block of East Dayto...

My sis was just in town with her son. They live in Boston and my nephew will start at a Montessori pre-school this fall after spending hi...

2014 Fools Flotilla, photos by Ray Pfeiffer Komifoto We have wheels made specifically for rolling a canoe on pavement. My two kids are...