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Finger Linkin’ Fifteen
Every now and then, a girl’s gotta laugh. When I’m that girl, and need a rib-tickling belly laugh, Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series delivers yuckles and chuckles like nothing else. The protagonist, Stephanie Plum, is a laid off lingerie buyer from Jersey turned...
Wintery Mix
Last week was a wild and wooly weather adventure for Midwesterners. Two storms came together, one from Canada and one from the southwest, resulting in six days of rain, freezing rain, drizzle, freezing drizzle, sleet, and snow. The storm started three days before...
Her Name Was Dorothy Dunlop, Part 2
If you read yesterday’s post, you know I received an unexpected and lovely email a couple days ago. Turns out, the sender is the niece of woman who led the music during that long ago summer. She called the article “a loving tribute to my Aunt Dorothy the ‘old maid...
Her Name Was Dorothy Dunlop, Part 1
A sweet and unexpected email landed in my inbox the other day. I didn’t recognize the name of the sender, but the subject - Riverview Conference Center; Cedar Falls, Iowa - was familiar. The sender wrote about a devotion of mine which was published by indeed magazine...
Our Granola Crunchies
I have no idea when it happened, but at some point in the last year, both our children became bona fide Granola Crunchies. Admittedly, Hiram and I went through our own GC phase in the 1970s. I shunned cosmetics, wore earth shoes on my feet and kerchiefs on my hair. I...
St Housewhere
St. Elsewhere, one of my all time favorite TV shows, debuted when I was pregnant with our son and ended when our daughter was in utero. The quirky story lines, the antics of the talent-laden cast (including Mark Harmon, Denzel Washington, Ed Flanders, Howie Mandel, Ed...