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I Can Sing – Recycled
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Both the cardinals and Daylight Savings Time have returned as they do each spring. And this post from March 16, 2009 is a hopeful reminder that just like the cardinals serenading our gravel road, I can sing. I Can...
Japan – Is There Anything I Can Do?
The news and pictures coming from Japan are mind-boggling. So much destruction. So many injured and dead. So much potential for lasting harm from the damaged nuclear fuel plants. Every new report of mounting casualties, melting nuclear reactors, and the possibility of...
Sunday Brunch Egg Bake
Lately, I’ve been doing too much galavanting - supper with old friends, speaking engagements, book club and writers’ group, visits with Mom. Those things have been fun, don’t get me wrong. But they are seriously cutting into my cooking adventures, leaving little time...
Sing Them Home by Stephanie Kallos
Sing Them Home by Stephanie Kallos was an unknown entity when I picked the audio version at the library a few weeks ago. The large yellow sticker on the front of the audio CD case labeled it at 2011‘s All Iowa Read. The plot summary on the back cover introduced Hope...
Happy to Be Alive
Today, I could be bummed because of last night’s thick, wet snowfall which put a damper upon spring’s steady progress. I could be grinchy and grumpy because daylight savings time kicks in this weekend and will make me wait an extra hour for the sunrises I crave each...
Good News at Our House – Recycled
My husband Hiram is not the kind of guy who likes the limelight. He says his shyness is a natural response to life in Alaska way back in the homesteading days. He remembers being pointed to on the street by well-meaning parents who would say things like, “Sally,...