Bloomfield Blog

Welcome. You’re reading my first attempt at blogging. Like most things in life, I’ve arrived at this party considerably later than most. I’ve read blogs - some good, some bad - for almost twenty years without penning a single entry myself. “Why...

My daughter recently came to me frustrated about her remote learning experience. She preferred the school setting for the dedicated attention of the teacher during school day, the lack of distractions of being in a classroom rather than her bedroom...

What extraordinary times we are in! Or are they? Being a student of history can help bring some perspective to our social distancing and isolation while our families are at home.

Now that many of us are home wading through the process of helping our kids with school work and balancing our work, it is important to help our kids set and achieve goals.

The English word “spoil” is derived from the Latin word spoliare and comes down to English via the Old French word espillier.

Today, we typically apply the word “spoil” to two categories: food and children. What is interesting is that each one...