Featured posts on life in Valencia
Last week, as I wrapped up a lesson, I asked my students if they had any wishes for our final class of the year.I teach a literature-based course for teenagers. I’m not sure what I expected them to say—but it definitely wasn’t: “Something Christmasy.” It caught me completely off guard. I would have sworn they…
This week the kids have been sick, which means I’ve been sick too. My husband — apparently immune to the virus and very nonchalant about it (let that be noted) — suggested I use it as inspiration for this week’s piece: “What to Do With Kids When You Are Sick.” But the truth is: when…
Valencia has entered its moody winter phase.
Don’t panic—don’t open Netflix—don’t surrender.
Try these simple, fun escapes with the kids instead.
My firstborn was never interested in painting or drawing, a fact I sometimes pondered as I scanned him for possible anomalies in his human coding. Isn’t painting one of those things ALL kids do? Why doesn’t he paint? Eventually, I filed these questions away in the Box of Unsolvable Life Mysteries, and life rolled on…