BethKanellinCode Like A GirlThe Power of Play: How Blocks and Curiosity Build Math MindsBuilding Math and Science ThinkersJul 85Jul 85
BethKanellStepping Out of the Trauma TangoA year and a half after my husband’s very expected death, I lost the capacity to hold onto a decision.Jul 11Jul 11
BethKanellMoney, Fear, Anger — and LoveWhen my sons were in high school, we often hosted Japanese students at our very working-class home. A single mom, working from home…May 261May 261
BethKanellMy House Arrived on Two TrailersThe house was mine: a boxy cabin with a wide front porch and a sweet kitchen, and a real bedroom and bathroom.May 111May 111
BethKanellWhat Moves Last: Kitchen, Office, Art? Or My Heart?Re-telling old traumas for these segments sometimes comes pretty easily — I’ve told them often enough to cover the wounds with thicker…Apr 307Apr 307
BethKanellTwenty-Five Tons of TrashIf hate, despair, and anger could be measured in terms of deliberate trash on a piece of land, there was no doubt: The last renters at the…Apr 14Apr 14
BethKanellWork Off the Grief; Try ExhilarationWe don’t talk about it in “widow world” — or at least, not in the part of the group I connect with. “It” is the sense that life without…Mar 29Mar 29
BethKanellClearing Land — Industrial StyleIn real life, unlike in the adventure and crime novels I’ve written and read, things don’t change overnight, and a day is not crammed with…Mar 18Mar 18
BethKanellHow Bad Could It Be?Things looked grim financially. My youngest brother and his wife pushed me through settling the debts from caring for Dave at home in his…Mar 7Mar 7