The brain is a pretty amazing thing. I was reading an article yesterday about how a woman smelled Parkinson’s Disease in her husband almost 15 years before he was diagnosed. It was fascinating to read and reminded me how our brains co ...
Well, shucks. For the past several years, I’ve started each year with an article highlighting the annual movie slate. Last year I started featuring a monthly article with movies that were getting ready to release in theaters and occas ...
Have I mentioned lately how thankful I am that Scott does most of the cooking for the family? Every once in a while, I’ll make something like instant pot Chicken Ramen or Plantation Salad Dressing but the majority of the time, it̵ ...
Some of our favorite single-player games are the puzzles offered by ThinkFun. With challenges that increase in difficulty the longer you play, they are appropriate for nearly every age range. Other companies have offered similar products, b ...
As of late there has been a ton of construction activity in our city. New houses, shopping centers and a 100-acre sports complex are all either completed or will be in a couple months. All of our yards are torn up because of the arrival of ...
Do you remember what Scott said recently about how we gravitate toward farm-themed games? It’s true. We do. Some are more advanced and in-depth, like Agricola, others are single-player puzzle-games and there’s a lot of vari ...
Let’s talk a minute about value. Board and card games are available at all price points. We enjoy finding inexpensive games at thrift and feature them in our Thrift Treasure series. Even bad games are usually worth spending a buck or ...
When someone mentions castles, my mind wanders to the castles of Europe and I daydream about visiting a real one in person some day. Ireland and Scotland are on the top of my list along with Germany and Norway to name just a few. As with ev ...
There’s a couple our age we’ve been playing board games with for well over five years. They can always be counted on having some of the best titles in their game night bag. A couple years ago they pulled out a card game we hadn& ...
When I was in 5th or 6th grade, my family was stationed in West Germany. My brother and I went to an American school in Worms, but we lived in a regular house. “On the economy” was the term for those of us that didn’t have ...
