Essays on family life, the stuff that happens in between, and the quiet tools that keep households close.
Skylight Calendar is a beautiful $159–$299 wall device with a subscription. FamFeel is the same calm shared family calendar — on the iPad you already own, every parent's phone, and as a webcal feed in everyone's pocket. Here's the honest comparison.
Dog, cat, rabbit, bird, fish, hamster, turtle, reptile — households with more than one species have their own logistics. One shared pet page, one glance, every pet's rhythm in its own colour.
A dog needs walks. A cat needs feeding. Both need fresh water, yearly vet exams, flea/tick treatments and the odd bath. One shared log for the household that has one of each, so nobody double-doses or forgets.
Cozi has been the default family-organiser app for over a decade. We tried it for two months. Here's what FamFeel does differently — and why families who switched say it feels like the calendar finally stopped shouting.
Blended and co-parenting families don't need a legal-grade app. They need a calm surface where Mum's house and Dad's house can both keep an eye on the kid — without either parent having to read the other's diary.
A gentle defence of the paper family calendar your grandmother kept — and why the shared family calendar app that replaces it has to feel like it lives in the kitchen.
A true story from our first four months of using FamFeel. Sometimes the quiet weeks are the ones where the app earns its keep.
A small piece about a small problem: how families with one shared dog and three busy humans keep track of who walked the dog today — without a group chat, a shared calendar, or a household whiteboard.