I can hardly believe the holidays are over and a shiny new year has arrived, full of possibilities. There are words in our gloriously quirky English language that only come out for special occasions, like hunker and batten during stormy…
This month is overflowing with fun things to do to celebrate the season, and if the rest of this issue wasn’t so darned good, I’d tell you to flip straight to the RFM calendar on page 48 and start circling…
I write this note the morning after I gathered with about forty of my classmates from my graduating class, the Hermitage High School Class of 1987 (Go Panthers! And yes, I almost x’d out the 87, but hey, age is…
One look at our fantabulous calendar (beginning on page 56), and you’ll know it’s festival season. And costume season. And all things crisp and autumnal season. Heck, Christmas will be here before we know it! (I know, bite my tongue!)…
Or as I like to say, “Hooray! It’s September, and I survived another summer without bankrupting my company or misplacing a child (mine or someone else’s)!” They say it takes a village. I had never really thought I had a…
Well, it is August – what did we expect?! If you’ve read RFM for a few years, you know I refuse to make August a back-to-school issue. After all, there is still a third of summer left! August marks a…
How is it that when the calendar turns from June to July, it feels like there’s a mad dash to get all of those summer bucket-list items accomplished before it’s time to head back to school? RFM’s amazing editor, Karen,…
Have you heard about the latest craze sweeping the nation (other than fidget spinners and slime)? It’s painting and hiding rocks! Cities from coast to coast have groups dedicated to this artsy family project, and Richmond has joined in on…
Yes indeed, it’s finally here, in all its steamy glory. If you’re the parent of a school-aged kid, a break from lunch-making and homework-helping is coming your way this month, too – yippee! There’s a lot to love about Richmond…
As in, almost the end of the school year. As in, almost the end of elementary school for my firstborn son. What?!! Because I know volunteer opportunities dramatically decrease in middle school, back when school started, I decided I couldn’t…
