Is there anything as American as a farm league baseball game? It is old-timey nostalgia wrapped up in a ballpark frank. Organ music and popcorn, pop flies and strike-outs. Last week we climbed to our seats behind the third base line. Half British, raised in Europe, my sons have grown up on football (read: soccer)….
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We all lose when everybody wins
Yesterday was Sports Day for my older son. As a parent volunteer, I dressed in a pair of red jeans and led a group of color-coordinated kids around the schoolyard, encouraging them to do their best ‘throwing the hopper’, shooting baskets, and skipping rope. They ran and jumped and shot their little hearts out. At…
Wine and Cheese (Doodles) 