Ever Been Afraid of the Dark?

Who hasn’t lain awake in bed imagining terrible things?  As children didn’t we all spy some unfamiliar shape and imagine a monster, only to turn on the light and discover it’s only a coat hanging over a chair? Darkness is unfamiliar and spooky—and can be made much worse if you’ve had bad experiences in theContinue reading “Ever Been Afraid of the Dark?”

Screenagers.

I saw my nephew reading HOMER PRICE and had a flashback of my ten-year-old self crawling under the covers with a flashlight to read that hilarious book!  Did you ever read a book when you were supposed to be asleep?  —It is one of those odd infractions parents can be ambivalent about: sure, he’s stayingContinue reading “Screenagers.”