Danny Sullivan

How To Memorize The 50 United States On A Map

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My fifth grader is having to learn US geography — in particular, to look at a blank map and write in the correct name for each of the states. I think that’s great. I love maps and geography. But that’s a lot of states. I’ve been sharing with him a number of ways I’ve somehow […]

I’m Going Home

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After 12 years of living in the UK, I’m going home — back to Southern California, back to Newport Beach. This will be a fairly personal post about the decision my family has made, but my blog was supposed to be for more than writing about gadgets and computers and donuts. Good writing is often […]

American Pioneer Book For Kids

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One of tonight’s bedtime books was You Wouldn’t Want to Be an American Pioneer! This was another great find I came across on a trip back home recently. It’s both well illustrated and chock full of information on what it was like to cross the country back in the 1800s. The kids especially like the […]

Thanksgiving Books For Young Kids

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While the rest of the UK may be going along like normal, Thanksgiving is coming up in our household and the Thanksgiving books are coming out for the kids, our boys aged 6 and 4. I picked up a great new one while back in California in October, Thank You, Sarah. It tells the story about […]

Circumcision: American Debating For His Son In The UK

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Sensitive readers, look away! The topic is circumcision, an issue dear to my heart and another part of me, which got the snip when I was an infant. I never thought about circumcision much. Born in the mid-60s, this was apparently commonplace for male children in the US. Indeed, I guess it’s still fairly common, […]