by Debra Darvick | Aug 14, 2011 | Bookshelf
I recall reading somewhere along the way that the terrible twos were the “first adolescence.” Then came the teens, the time we most often link to the word adolescence. During both phases of my kids’ passage through these stages of turmoil and...
by Debra Darvick | Aug 3, 2011 | Musings
That’s the word the guy being interviewed on NPR used. Commonize. I know he meant standardize. But given the English language’s continued slide from standardized to bastardized, I suppose you gotta forgive the guy. I don’t gotta, but you may if you...