Up Popped A Fox

As parents, we want our children to be understood in all of their complexity. We don’t want them to be judged by that tantrum in the supermarket checkout lane or the surly outburst at their team’s loss or that power trip at playgroup. We want for them what most of us want for ourselves – [...]

Over the weekend, I had a dream that Michael Jackson was dead but, in my dream, he had drowned and authorities suspect foul play. So, it is all over the news that Michael has been murdered and, for reasons that aren’t clear until later in my dream, I think I am the primary suspect. Now, let me [...]

Sometimes, when we are driving somewhere, the kids like to discuss whose backpack is a smidge over the center line of the back seat. Sometimes, we ponder the Great Questions like, “If you could never sit or lie down, would you die?” And sometimes, we talk about girls and boys and crushes which are a pox [...]

I’ve started a fire in the virtual fireplace here at Up Popped A Fox so grab a warm beverage (non-alcoholic, of course – it is morning after all) and let me share with you some recent discoveries. There are places in the world that are not giant blocks of ice! This past weekend, my family travelled [...]