We are in the birth canal of summer. Before the last days of school and spring sports season, it is a whirlwind of details with kids. Since we started Parenting On Track, we have taken ourselves out of a lot of equations of our kids’ responsibilities, but spring seems to bring us into the heart of almost every aspect of their lives. » Read more
When I was a kid, I wanted to grow up to be Jane Goodall. Back in the day, we could only get two channels in Etna, NH. Once a year, National Geographic’s Jane Goodall; My Life with Chimpanzees would air on one of our channels on a random Saturday afternoon. » Read more
Speaking to large groups and traveling on airplanes with other women’s pee on the back of my thighs is starting to drive me crazy. Sitting on a toilet to go to the bathroom shouldn’t require a full pre-cleaning. As an innkeeper and mother, I contend with enough toilet situations. » Read more
It has always concerned me how boys and men live a double life. I have also contributed to this by keeping the secrets of my guy friends since I was ten-years-old. My dual citizenship earned on sports teams with boys has enabled me to talk freely with guys throughout my life. » Read more
Hockey Fest is a weekend devoted to a bunch of guys playing hockey on the pond at Pierce’s Inn. It is always a great weekend of male bonding, physical exertion and solving the problems of the world as well as the problems of the pond surface. » Read more
Long before my parents became innkeepers at Pierce’s Inn, they brought our family as guests to the Keene’s Lodge. My oldest five siblings attended Keene’s Ski School and learned to ski on the rope tow behind the Lodge. The Ashley family owned the place when Winston, the fifth child in our family of seven attended Ski School. » Read more
Finding the Doorbell authors Cindy Pierce and Edie Thys Morgan are featured on Fox-TV’s The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet. » Read more
Before I begin, for those of you who have heard me speak in public, rest assured I have other things to say.
Congratulations to the class of 2007. I know quite a few members of this class personally from my time as a first-grade teacher at the Marion Cross School. » Read more
The New York Comedy Club was funky at the outset. A sign explained how they prided themselves on being a bit seedy. We followed a long, narrow pathway to the comedy zone with a theatrical feel and black brick walls. Here I was, plucky New Hampshire mom ready to roll with my story about the female condom. » Read more
My eagerness to be open with my children about body parts and sexually related topics gets me in some challenging conversations with our three-year-old son Zander. I spent a weekend in New York City with a friend where we saw The Vagina Monologues. » Read more