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It was 1977, and Mrs. G. was eleven-years-old. She was living in the deep south, culturally deprived and pining for the finer things in life. Having recently graduated from the fashion breakthrough known as Grr-Animals, the Healthtex children’s clothing line that helped children match giraffe head shirts with giraffe leg bottoms, Mrs. G. longed for a [...]

Mrs. G. was teaching a class a while back, and she and the kids (4th and 5th graders) were discussing The Captain’s Dog by Roland Smith. This is a wonderful book about the Lewis and Clark expedition told from the perspective of Captain Lewis’ dog Seamen. The conversation had just turned to the wretchedness of eating [...]

Mrs. G. and her daughter were out shoe shopping running important errands months back. Mrs. G’s daughter was driving (she was due to get her license in a couple of weeks), and Mrs. G. was drilling her on all the safety tips she should know before she backed out of the driveway and headed off [...]

We have a new writer here at FBA. Please give a warm welcome to Mrs. G. from Derfwad Manor. Mrs. G. lives in the Northwest with her husband and two children, ages 13 and 17. While she teaches part-time, her kids have been homeschooled since the beginning.
She loves public radio and was a regular commentator [...]

The New York Times published an article this week about long-married couples needing to reinvent the popular tradition of date night. Brain and behavior researchers have completed a study which indicates, “Simply spending quality time together is probably not enough to prevent a relationship from getting stale.” Apparently, according to this study, one of the [...]