New “Bash and Lucy” Makes Amazon’s #1 New Release, Kids’ Soccer Books!

New “Bash and Lucy” Makes Amazon’s #1 New Release, Kids’ Soccer Books!

Bash and Lucy Fetch Team Vera and the Dream Beasts

We’re excited that Bash and Lucy Fetch Team Vera and the Dream Beasts made Amazon’s #1 New Release, Kids’ soccer books (kindle version)!

In the book, sensitive Bash relies on his dog, Lucy, to help keep him calm. But his girl-power cousin, Paula, is stirring up all sorts of trouble, along with his Ukrainian grandma, Vera. They says that Bash’s …

Bash and Lucy Fetch Team Vera and the Dream Beasts

Bash and Lucy Fetch Team Vera and the Dream Beasts

Bash and Lucy Fetch Team Vera and the Dream Beasts

Michael, age 9, and I are about to release our new book, “Bash and Lucy Fetch Team Vera and the Dream Beasts.”

Michael played a very important role in writing this book. He insisted on the title because he wanted a long, Captain-Underpants style title. What’s more, he created the girl-power characters in the book, who are based on his …

The Good News About Stepfamilies: Christian Science Monitor

The Good News About Stepfamilies: Christian Science Monitor

Lisa Cohn writer

By Lisa Cohn, Special to the Christian Science Monitor

When divorced parents remarry, they may hope their new family will be similar to the one on the “Brady Bunch,” a 1960s-’70s sitcom in which a man with three sons marries a woman with three daughters. They all go on a honeymoon together and “live happily ever after.”

In real life, …

Keeping the Lights on Through California Fires and Outages

Keeping the Lights on Through California Fires and Outages

islanded microgrid

 

By Lisa Cohn

When the microgrid at Stone Edge Farm near Sonoma, Calif., kept operating for 10 days in spite of the fires that caused outages nearby, the operators seized the opportunity to learn as much as possible from the surprises they encountered.

The first surprise, of course, were the fires that struck suddenly, stoked by high winds and …