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Prairie Thoughts
Between having to boil drinking water since Friday night (a city water main broke) and some unexpected news from Harding County, South Dakota, prairie thoughts dominated the weekend. The water business increased my admiration for Ma Ingalls and every other prairie...
The Bake Off: Pizza #2
All right, food groupies, it’s time for round two of the New Year’s Pizza Bake Off. Last week, you received the recipe from the southern Minnesota contingent of the family. This week’s offering is from the northwest Iowa branch, a recipe they’ve perfected since their...
Don’t Waste His Grace – Recycled
One look at this entry from December 31, 2009, and I knew it had to be the recycled post of the week. A little over a year ago, Anne and her fiance were on the road in a snowstorm, while I lay warm in my bed. This year, Anne and her fiance are snug and warm while I’m...
Oh, to Be Five Again
Sometimes, I’m amazed by how much my perspective has changed since childhood. Way back then, when my sister and I made this magnificent snowman (with the help of a college student who rented a room in our basement), snow was the best thing about winter. Snow meant a...
The Bake Off: Pizza #1
One week ago today, when our kids were home, the two couples staged their own pizza bake-off for supper. Their creations posed for a photo shoot as they came out of the oven, and then we devoured the results. Bellies full, the cooks wrote down their recipes, so I...
EA/TEF Awareness Month
Are you looking at the jumble of letters in the title and wondering if you can stomach another helping of alphabet soup? Believe me, if you were afflicted with EA/TEF, you wouldn’t be eating alphabet soup or anything else without emergency surgery. EA stands for...