
The Castle of Dreams! Early this morning, it was around 6.45, when I woke up to the sound that seemed very similar to the sound of someone shoveling the grass with a trowel. Although spring just arrived a couple days ago, in Michigan its still very cold for someone to be preparing the grounds for gardening or to be out this early on a Sunday morning. I got out of bed and curiously followed the sound soon to discover my 10 and 7 year old boys conveniently located on the sofa and absorbed in playing 'Minecraft' on the big TV screen in our family room downstairs. Castle built in Minecraft Minecraft, a creative video game about building structures using 3-D cubes, is something which has revolutionized their world since they were 5 and 7, It took me a while, and by while I really mean a few years, to come on the same page with them in understanding the intricacies, the goals and various levels involved in the game. Minecraft, as I understand it, is a kind of sandbox wh...