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Camp Dorothy Meets Thelma and Louise
Camp Dorothy's doing a road trip this weekend. The camp director is taking the camp's namesake to Pipestone Minnesota for....are you ready for this...her 67th high school class reunion. While the camp director is game to go, Dorothy's been raising objections since the...
Pasta with Summer Vegetables
Today's recipe should perk up the ears of gardeners who have more veggies than they know what to do with. Not only does it use large amounts of tomato, sweet corn, and zucchini, but also it tastes wonderful. Other attributes on the plus side are dairy-free,...
Top 10 Signs It’s Time to Defrost the Deep Freeze
This weekend, the deep freeze in the basement finally got cleaned. Here are 10 reasons I knew it was time for the dirty job. 10. You're electricity bill is infinitesimally higher, and the utility company says defrosted freezers are more efficient. Your freezer has so...
Camp Dorothy Card Shower in the Works
Camp Dorothy's namesake has a birthday coming up. She'll be a wee bit older than in the picture above which was taken in 1929, some months after her birth on September 3. Which happened to be Labor Day in 1928 when Dorothea Lorraine Hess made her debut appearance at...
Hoping It’s True: 10 Ways We Get Smarter as We Age
Yesterday was one of those days when this old gray mare knew her memory ain't what it used it be. The epic memory failure began when I discovered I'd purchased the wrong kind of puff pastry for the new dish on the supper menu. What to do? Thanks to improvisation...
Walnut Encrusted Salmon Fillets
For several years, the man of steel and I have talked about eating more fish. Unfortunately, neither of us are big fish eaters. Him because he grew up eating fresh seafood in Alaska, beside which Iowa's inland offerings pale. Me because the only variety we ate during...