the raw and the cooked Dara Boxer

Today, we’re going to talk about keeping the playroom clean, tidy, and organized for a more peaceful home. As for the clean and tidy portion of our episode, I wanted to say again how much I really loved the book How to Keep House While Drowning by KC Davis, the best thing I took from her book is the 5 Step Cleaning method. The basics of the method is that there are only ever 5 kinds of items found in any cluttered or messy room: trashdisheslaundrythings out of place and&...

Today, we’re going to discuss the ten books I plan to read this summer and I’m hoping you’ll join me, so we can discuss and have a large and in charge book club episode at the end of summer:How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen PerrinHappiness Falls by Angie Kim Family Lore by Elizabeth AcevedoThe Possessions by Sara Flannery Murphy The Favorite Sister by Jessica KnollThe Survivors by Jane HarperThe Rachel Incident by Caroline O’DonoghueBye, Baby by Carola LoveringWayward by Emili...

Dear Contemporary Fiction Authors, please stop including Covid in your novels, Sincerely a Lover of Contemporary Fiction.

As with everything, there are constant changes. Especially with growing children. On today's episode, I'm sharing an updated list of the 10 things that are simplifying my life right now with a 5, 3, and 1 year old at home.

We only have 18 summers with them. Now is a great time to evaluate what your average week will look like come summer, with all the appointments, and activities, and summer camps, and commitments, and cleaning, and meal prep, and laundry, and really stopping to evaluate if you have margin in your schedule to start tackling additional items on your to-do list. Is there a project you’ve been putting off? Is there a goal on your annual list you’ve been ignoring? Or is your schedule so jam pa...