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Top Ten 36-Years-of-Marriage Perks
By 2:00 this afternoon, Hiram and I will have been married for 36 years. Here are the top ten perks of our long partnership: 10. We've both come to prefer water at meals. How easy is that? 9. 36 years later, he's as handsome as he was when we met at the college...
36 Years Ago Today…
36 years ago today, Hiram and I were... Sitting on the second raft at the Le Mars sandpit cultivating sunburns, Hangin' with Hiram's twin brother, his wife, and their baby son, Shucking sweet corn for wedding rehearsal supper at Mom's, Practicing our vows and getting...
Weekly Reader Lied to Us
That's right. The trusted news source of childhood lied to an entire generation of gullible children in the 1960. How do I know this? First, I'm reading Whitey: The Life of America's Most Notorious Mob Boss by Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill. The biography casts doubt...
Happy Fourth of July Everyone!
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Kiwi-Strawberry Garden Lettuce Salad
Garden lettuce season is here, and we're eating our way through a 2 gallon bag of the stuff given to us by friends. Our favorite recipe is Grandma Fern's Wilted Lettuce. But a recipe for Strawberry-Kiwi Spinach Salad in the summer issue of the Hy-Vee (a regional...
Top Ten Items to Take on Your Next Plane Trip
Plane trips from here to there and back again have lost their luster in the last few years. Maybe because airlines are cutting amenities right and left. Maybe because more of my travel is for business rather than for fun. Maybe because I'm getting older and crankier....