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Top Ten Favorite John Denver Songs
Saturday morning, I was driving to a speaking event when NPR broadcast a story about a newly released John Denver tribute album, with songs performed by current popular singers including Dave Matthews, Emmy Lou Harris, Josh Ritter, and Olde Crow Medicine Show. I sure...
Princess Lessons
On Saturday, I ate lunch with about 20 young princesses and their slightly older female rellies at a mother-daughter princess tea at a church here in Iowa. After lunch and the program, I chatted with several of the very excited young ladies and left the gala event...
The New Bully at Our House
Yup, you read that right. There's a new bully at our house. Though I took the bully by the horns last October, wrestling into submission the vinca vine (see above picture) that was sucking the life out of my ivy geranium, the bully scourge has reared it's ugly head...
3 Meat Marinade Faves for the Grill
We were out of town for a long weekend, during which other people did all the cooking. So I didn't have a chance to try a new recipe. But, thanks to thoughtful hosts and lovely weather, we enjoyed the first grilled meal of the season, and oh, it was good! Today, the...
Top Ten Reasons to Love Libraries
National Library Week (April 14–20, 2013) is almost here. To celebrate the event and as a life long library lover, it took only a few minutes to come up with the ten things I love best about libraries. 10. Books smell good. 9. Going through the security gate at...
Closed for Grandma Duty
Our gravel road is closed for Grandma duty today. Come back tomorrow after I've had my baby fix! Photo Credit: www.FreeDigitalPhotos.net