Abby Schwartz

Wingspan: progressive, educational, fun and beautiful

Wingspan: progressive, educational, fun and beautiful

Wingspan is one of my favorite board games, for almost more reasons than I can mention. This is a game that puts you in the role of a bird enthusiast who is trying to obtain the bird food you need to attract birds to their appropriate habitats. Wingspan helped raise...

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Home-schooling: tips from a parent who started a year ago

Home-schooling: tips from a parent who started a year ago

Interest in home-schooling has blown up during the coronavirus crisis, as an increasing number of families take their children's education into their own hands instead of waiting for districts to decide whether or not to reopen, and how. Doing so can cost up to $1,800...

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Board games offer lessons of life, inclusiveness

Board games offer lessons of life, inclusiveness

Walking into the game room of Mayhem Collectibles, in Clive, can be a surreal experience. There are people sitting at tables throughout the room playing games of all kinds. Games about building the best suburb, games about discovering underwater kingdoms, even games...

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The many sides of furries

The many sides of furries

What are furries all about, really? Interest in animal characters, and an acceptance of all kinds of people,” writes Abby Schultz.

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Fight against puppy mills, animal cruelty in Iowa revs up

Fight against puppy mills, animal cruelty in Iowa revs up

Bills to better protect animals from cruelty, and to ensure dog breeders are licensed and regulated, need the vocal support of voters to their elected officials, says a group devoted to protecting companion animals. Iowa Voters for Companion Animals seeks to end...

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