Kathryn R. BielSep 29, 20112 minIs This My Fault?As anyone who knows me knows, I'm a control freak. Type A. A micromanager. I come from a long line of females like it. And my daughte...
Kathryn R. BielSep 26, 20112 minThe Great Wall of BielWhen we renovated our house over four years ago, we knew the yard would need some work. Our house faces south and is oriented on a hill ...
Kathryn R. BielSep 24, 20112 minIt's All About the ProcessI'm getting a late start this year, but I finally started on Halloween costumes. I spent over an hour in JoAnn's this morning (no kids!!...
Kathryn R. BielSep 21, 20112 minPossible Development?I wasn't going to post today. But then I witnessed a moment with my son. And it's the type of story that I want to get down and record fo...
Kathryn R. BielSep 20, 20113 minMemory and Memories...Memory is a funny thing. I have an awesome memory. Sort of. I can remember all sorts of useless, trivial facts and details. My dream ...
Kathryn R. BielSep 19, 20112 minWhat Are You Doing?"What are you doing?" That's what my seven year-old just asked me. While I responded, "Starting a blog," the actual truth is I have no i...
Kathryn R. Biel Jan 17 5 min Do You Believe in Coincidence? My whole life, I've been plagued by strange things. Most often, it presents as a dream or a random thought of a person, song, or movie th...
Kathryn R. Biel Dec 23, 2020 4 min 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (Eve) So I think we can all agree that 2020 is a year like none other. For a person like myself who doesn't do well with change, this year has ...
Kathryn R. Biel Aug 2, 2020 4 min Problem Solving Math was never my forte. I've always blamed my middle school math teacher for this. After all, she did tell me, in front of my class, tha...
Kathryn R. Biel May 5, 2020 5 min An Open Letter to the Governor of New York State Dear Governor Cuomo, For weeks-- actually months now-- I've tuned in to your mid-day updates, trying to make sense of a world in which re...
Kathryn R. Biel Apr 24, 2020 3 min The Show Must Go On Neither rain nor April snow nor global pandemic shall stop this book from coming. That's the attitude of resiliency I have adopted as I p...
Kathryn R. Biel Dec 31, 2019 3 min Coming Around Again Admit it, now you've got the song in your head. But this post isn't about Carly Simon. It's about my house. 16 years ago last night, my h...
Kathryn R. Biel Dec 16, 2019 3 min Christmas Hacks for Moms with Littles Batten down the hatches. We're about to hit zero hour. The week before Christmas is upon us. It's the week when we try to do all the thin...
Kathryn R. Biel Nov 6, 2019 4 min How It Came To Be Tonight, a little over 24 hours before my 14th book is released, I'm reflecting on those individuals who made this book happen. It's fun...
Kathryn R. Biel Oct 27, 2019 4 min To Err is Human: Finding Resilience in our Mistakes The other day, I was working with some students, teaching something new. It wasn't hard per se, it was just new. One of the students--the...