large families

In 2018, French President Emmanuel Macron made the dubious observation that educated women don’t choose to have many kids. “I always say: ‘Present me the woman who decided, being perfectly educated, to have seven, eight, or nine children,’”…

This fall, I attended a “chuckwagon” dinner and show with some family members in the Black Hills. I have decades of experience at big family celebrations, and never in my life have I witnessed such a miracle of people-moving efficiency…