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Life Is Good
You know, we really do have the best of both worlds on our little gravel road. Here on the outerest edge of city limits, we don’t have to check for chemicals in the old well, but we’re surrounded by farmland, barns and country critters. Lately, one of those critters...
Toads in Paradise
The daughter’s college boyfriend spent the weekend at our house. Hiram and I were on our best behavior, trying not to embarrass our daughter in the presence of her guest by picking our noses or passing gas, which our daughter considers cute and even adorable behavior...
One Year Ago
Tonight is a lovely June evening at Riverview Camp. The sun is slowly sinking, coloring the leaves a luscious shade of gold and green and glinting off the Cedar River’s calm surface. One year ago, things weren’t nearly so serene around here. Volunteers were...
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Last night, my annual stay in Munchkinland commenced. For your information, I’m not really in Munchkinland. It’s the Riverview Bible Camp in Cedar Falls, where the Iowa Christian Writers’ Conference is held. I’s also where I attended church camp as a kid. That’s where...
Beyond Barbie and Kleenex
In yesterday’s blog, I mentioned that my daughter had created the bridesmaids’ dresses for wedding she was in this past weekend. After years of living with Anne and her Barbie Doll Kleenex creations (rather glamourous when we had a colds, but a pain when it was time...
The Wedding Dance
Anne’s best friend got married on Saturday. My daughter was bridesmaid dress creator and maid of honor. I was wedding photographer (under duress), and Hiram was our gal Friday, but please don’t say it to him in quite those words. One week before the wedding, life was...