https://thescreenporchlife.com/Recent content on The Screen Porch LifeHugoen-usTue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thescreenporchlife.com/let-the-kid-write-the-book/Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thescreenporchlife.com/let-the-kid-write-the-book/How a rainy day led to my kid making a book of our family hiking adventures.https://thescreenporchlife.com/feed-eats-the-weekend/Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thescreenporchlife.com/feed-eats-the-weekend/How an attempt to plan our weekend ended with a 40-minute scroll through comedy clips &ndash; and why knowing how the algorithm works did not save me.https://thescreenporchlife.com/summer-family-quests/Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thescreenporchlife.com/summer-family-quests/The five quests that filled our family&rsquo;s summer - splash pads, water hikes, festivals, new playgrounds, and picnics.https://thescreenporchlife.com/family-adventure-goals/Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thescreenporchlife.com/family-adventure-goals/How a family adventure goal changed our weekends and energized all of us - one outing at a time.https://thescreenporchlife.com/screens-arent-the-problem/Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thescreenporchlife.com/screens-arent-the-problem/We thought we understood technology, until we had kids and realized that we need to be more intentional about using it in a way that serves our lives.https://thescreenporchlife.com/about/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://thescreenporchlife.com/about/<p>Cy is a mom of two who builds apps and writes from what actually happens at home. An engineer by training, Cy spent years studying how technology shapes the way we live, and now makes the kind a family can actually live with. Cy is a pen name, to keep our family&rsquo;s life private.</p> <p>The Screen Porch Life is a Noveltee Solutions publication; our studio, Maluna Studio, makes apps you&rsquo;ll sometimes read about here.</p>