Newslines82620 I saw the story below posted from a friend. It reminds me that we have a huge impact on other people, even when we don’t realize it. I’ve had friends and acquaintances come up to me and talk about an event that to them was “the best ever” or...
I don’t know if I’ve said this before, but I’m accident prone. I really am! I know I look really graceful, but it’s an illusion. Last week I was putting in a temporary fence for our golden retriever. Just a normal chain link fence. I got everything ready to go...
My foster cat bit me yesterday … then she puked. Then a hurricane hit Iowa. It’s all related I think. With most of my long bike trips, I know that at some point I have to turn around and head back. If I ride out 30 miles, then I have...
I’m writing this on Monday - during a rain storm. News just came out - more cancellations. Old hat, same old story of things getting cancelled this year. I witnessed high school friends fighting on Facebook last night about the validity of the pandemic. One was claiming that face masks...
I can’t believe that it is already August and parents are getting kids ready to back to school. In this crazy world that we are currently living in I can’t imagine what parents with small kids are going through. Return to learn plans are all put in place but there...
I made a blueberry pie this week. I used 6 cups of blueberries. (It’s really awesome and I don’t plan on sharing, so don’t ask.) This time of year is so amazing with all the fresh fruits and vegetables. Because of this and lots of pie and beer I’m attempting...
I was talking to a friend the other day about emotions and how with all the added stress and anxiety during the pandemic all of our emotions are “big” emotions. Everything is felt with such extreme that we don’t just get angry, we get furious. We don’t just get sad,...
Fairly decent chance things won’t be easing back to normal until spring of next year. And, the one event I was looking forward to this fall was cancelled. (… loud, guttural scream …) I was telling someone that I crave the “boring, normal”. “Well, that won’t happen so get over...
My summer book club selection was “An Iowa Baseball Confederacy”* -- a story about a fantastical baseball game between a farm team and the Chicago Cubs in the summer of 1908. The game went on for thousands of innings and involved magic and … it’s hard to explain. At the...
