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2 weeks ago | geekmom.com | Sarah Pinault

I had forgotten how much I enjoyed the storytelling and narrative voice of Alexander McCall Smith. When his exceptionally popular series The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency first appeared in 2002, I was enamored with his style and with his characters. While my interests have branched off over the years, I still scour the book sales for this author with my dad, who remains an avid devotee.

1 month ago | geekmom.com | Sarah Pinault |Shiri Sondheimer

Easter baskets were not something I grew up with in the UK. We didn’t hunt eggs in the Midlands in the 1980s. And while we did consume a vast quantity of oversized chocolate eggs, it wasn’t until I married an American that Easter became an extravaganza!Before the pandemic we would travel to a church or community center and scramble with 200 other children to collect plastic eggs in a wide variety of colors, filled with a wide variety of candy.

Mar 5, 2025 | geekmom.com | Karen Walsh |Marziah Karch |Judy Berna |Jenny Bristol

Let’s talk about Wonder Woman and Diana Prince for a minute. Pretty much every comics geek has asked the same question since the character’s inception: “How is it that no one realizes that she’s just wearing a pair of glasses to hide her identity?”If you think about it, the answer is really about misdirection and privacy. Wonder Woman consistently misdirects people about her true identity, and she never (or rarely) shares information that could be used to link her to her alter ego.

Feb 7, 2025 | geekmom.com | Melanie Meadors |Ariane Coffin |Sarah Pinault |Patricia Vollmer

“Science Adventures” are short informational articles you can share with your kids! Read them aloud, look up words your kids don’t know, and dig deeper on topics that spark their interest at your local library or the internet. Today we’re learning about snowflakes!Today was an awfully snowy day where I live, and it made me think about snow itself. What makes snow…well, snow? Why do snowflakes look the way they do? What is snow? Snow is frozen water.

Jan 15, 2025 | geekmom.com | Ruth Suehle |Karen Burnham |Rebecca Angel |Corrina Lawson

After exiting bankruptcy just last year, JoAnn Stores has filed Chapter 11 again, and it looks like this time they’re done. Gordon Brothers (the company currently liquidating Big Lots and some years back A.C. Moore) is the “stalking horse,” which means the company is open to other bidders, but I wouldn’t hold my breath. If no others come along in the next 60 days, they will begin going out of business sales at all locations.