FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD My title is taken from a song celebrated in the musical OLIVER. In typical Broadway fashion, Oliver Twist and the Read More
HOW TO CATCH A CRITTER….OR LIVE WITH THEM. WHO LIVES HERE??? When we moved from Chicago to Des Moines, Iowa, we were excited about the deck on Read More
SOLAR ECLIPSE: When Earthlings Are Not In Control: Annie Dillard; Melissa Kirsch You might have read Annie Dillard’s work: An American Childhood; Teaching a Stone to Talk. I admit that I haven’t Read More
What Good Friday Teaches Us About Cynicism For my post this Easter Weekend, I am sharing sections of an opinion written by the late Michael Gerson, which Read More
THE LADY WITH THE DARK HAIR Erin Bartels never disappoints. Whether she is echoing her own life in, The Girl Who Could Breathe Under Water, or Read More
What Did You Read As A Child? Let’s go back and look at what we read growing up. Let us then ask the question: are we Read More
Positive Stuff: Small Beginnings Get Bigger A beginning can be as small as vowing to get four things done on your list of twenty. Only four? Read More