WE GROK SPOCK:   Several days ago we heard the news that Leonard Nimoy, best known as the actor who played Spock on the original "Sta...

A LITTLE HELP:   Annabelle is enjoying her newish (to her), twice-weekly art class. On Tuesday, the class made "quilt" squares...

GAME ON:   We love board games in a big way here at MPA and today we test drove two new-to us ones.  First up was " The Case of ...

            photo: NASA/JPL MOUNTAIN CLIMBING : We started our morning by appreciating the Martian landscape thanks to a fantastic new ...

ROCKET, MAN:   The kids had an amazing Saturday at the National Association of Rocketry national convention at The Museum of Flight.  Th...

                                             Portrait of Hector Berlioz by  Pierre Petit SIX IN THE BOOKS: We officially finished with t...

SEW WHAT?: After several months (perhaps even a couple of years) of talking about it, today we took on an artsy craftsy project that was b...