9 smart, beautiful flower alternatives for Mother’s Day that will last a whole lot longer than a bouquet.
Mother’s Day will be coming up before you know it, and while we love getting fresh cut bouquets of flowers, there are other options! Consider these flower bouquet alternatives for Mother's Day that will last way past the big day. Yes, it may seem a little early, but...
Meaningful actions for International Women’s Day. It’s more than wearing a “boss girl” t-shirt.
Today on International Women's Day, I'm feeling more hopeful than I have been for a while. For the past four years, it's been rough, and now here we are, with our first ever woman elected into the White House, hope for some important new legislation supporting...
Join The We Time Project! A little bit of community and learning. A whole lot of fun.
It's a year into this pandemic (like pretty much officially now), and if you're like us, you're longing for connection with people. Well, people not in your home. We want to do something with other people! And that's no surprise. We're humans after all and we thrive...
We’re supporting these amazing indie stationery shops right now that need us. Can you join us?
This global pandemic has impacted so many small businesses we have loved for years, from indie bookstores to local restaurants. And, now, one of our favorite letterpress cards and gifts shop, Sapling Press has raised the alarm that they -- along with about 250 other...
How to encourage your kids’ interests and passions: 5 expert tips
We keep looking for the silver lining in the past Year That Was Like No Other, and as we talk to other parents, one thing comes up over and over: "my kid discovered they really love _____." Whether it's manga or chemistry, dystopian fiction or skateboarding,...
Janice Johnson Dias on parenting with joy, raising change-makers, and navigating the f*ckery of life. | Spawned 227
Fair warning: This episode may really make you miss your IRL get togethers with your favorite mom friends, because that is exactly what this conversation with Dr. Janice Johnson Dias feels like. We knew that talking to Janice would be helpful, but to be honest, we had...
I discovered the best ever pandemic pajamas, and hey! Jodie Foster and Alexandra Hedison seem to agree.
This past year, on a special episode of A Very Pandemic Christmas, I realized it had been a while since I had any decent pajamas. So I asked Santa for a very specific pair of soft, cozy, but still cute pajamas. Hey, I have to differentiate between my sleeping clothes...
We love you Moderna & Pfizer & Johnson & Johnson, oh yes we do…
Well, hey there scientists at Johnson & Johnson! Did you hear us singing your praises (loudly, and possibly with some happy tears) this weekend as your single-dose vaccine joins Moderna and Pfizer on the approved Covid vaccine list? Because we did. Clearly I'm not...
What Do You Meme? Custom Cards make family game night waaaaay more personal (and hilarious)
Here's what I suggest for the weekend: Entice your teens out from their bedrooms for a hilarious family game night using your set of What Do You Meme? game cards. Only surprise them when they open the box, to find that you've booby trapped the deck with photos and...
Listen now: Donzaleigh Abernathy on “Uncle Martin” and growing up in the civil rights movement | Spawned 226
Every night [I] had the fear of going to bed. Because at dinnertime, members of the white supremacist Group, the Ku Klux Klan, would call. every single evening at dinner. Not some nights, but every single night once we moved to Atlanta, and threaten to kill us. My...