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I’m wondering why the sign itself needs to go? I must be ahead of the curve because I’ve always taught my kids that the two sides of the equation are equivalent. They aren’t the same. I guess what they’re getting at is possibly the need for a …

This is how candy-ignorant I am: I grew up on pretty much all the candies on both lists, but I admittedly don't really have much candy exposure outside of Halloween. My husband and I were passing through a gas station in the middle of nowhere …

I wish the article had defined their terms, but I’m pretty sure I disagree wholeheartedly. 😆 First, the linking of forgiveness with forgetting is a fundamental flaw. We never really forget anything, nor need we to move forward, but the inability …

My overall sentiment was just tickled that there were hundreds of people who poured their creativity into making this magical spot on the mountain for the summer.

We swooned over these babies.

It was fun to see family names and locations from all over the country.

I wonder how these hold up to the weather? We had a good rain while we were there, and I noticed my kids unconsciously tidying up a few of casualties as we passed through. Fallen fairies were set in their places.

Some were clearly carried out by kids, which was refreshing. Equal parts rocks and dirt with enough glitter glue to hold it all together. :)

Because most of them were tucked away on either side of the trail, we did lots of crouching and careful looking. This was a favorite of my little boy's.

Most of the scenes were designed around fairies and sparkle, but clearly there were some free thinkers at work because we also spotted a dinosaur eating a penguin, a mummy on a ladder, and a crime scene.

Each scene was unique, but one common theme was using natural materials in creative ways.

When I first encountered the trail, I was enchanted by each of the first dozen tiny scenes or houses... then I quickly realized the scope was more like hundreds!

At our family reunion in Breckenridge, CO this summer, one of our highlights was visiting a trail of fairy houses on one of the ski slopes. I was blown away by the creativity and variety we found! It left me curious whether they are made fresh …

Wow, this article drew me in but it was so hard to read. What stood out to me most was how subjective police investigation is. If rape is seen as less of a crime than robbery, then it's going to receive fewer resources. If the victims of rape are …

That article is unfortunate. “Try to distance vegetarian and vegan diets from healthy lifestyles in your mind—if you want to be healthy, remove heavily processed foods and added sugar from your diet and spend 30 minutes a day …

The article offers a variety of possible explanations, but this one rang true to me: “...there seems to be a fascination with “newness” in the U.S., whereas Europeans tend to be more content ‘recycling [buildings] and therefore living within the …

Nasty all around. I'm curious, actually about this 311 hotline for reporting rat sightings. 17,353 last year? How are they handling those calls? Seems like a crazy use of resources to have people fielding phone calls about every rat people …

Thanks for the link. I am not familiar with the concept of biophilic design, but those “hospital rooms” seem lovely and relaxing. It makes me wonder what sort of patients need hospital care but are well enough to be removed in a cabin like that. …

What differentiates nature photographers now? Is it patience? Luck? Funding to get themselves and gear to the right place for long enough? Some of these photos seem meticulously planned and technically challenging, whereas other strike me as a …

Is that a sloth in the canopy shot? Looks like a tricky one to get, but it didn’t grab me either. I love the Dr. Seuss bug, though. It makes me smile to think that guy and I have been sharing the planet and I never knew it.

I think you’re right: context is key. Forget the actual celebrities... as a kid did you ever see your teacher at the grocery store? I still remember having my mind blown that my 4th grade teacher actually had a life outside of the classroom. My …

Yep, I think the emphasis being on the family culture around food is spot on. If our kids see us eating things, they want it too. My husband, a family physician, gets a lot of people coming in concerned about their child's weight and eating habits …

I’m constantly baffled by the way medical billing works. You would never walk into a furniture store and agree to pay an unknown amount (up to tens of thousands) and have no say in what you receive, yet that is essentially what we do every time we …

I’m going to start with running a mile most days a week, just to work the rust out of my joints. Then I’m going to follow the 12 week 5k training plan from “Run Less, Run Faster.” The plan includes running 3 times per week: 1 tempo run, 1 day of …

I’m going to try to run the fastest mile of my life! I’m thinking that may not happen by December 31st, but I’d like to be well on my way by then. I ran a 6:47 in elementary school and I haven’t really run for speed since. Although I’ve stayed …