Running the Boston Marathon, part 1
About a year ago, I participated in the 127th Boston Marathon. My husband, a.k.a. my legs for the race, and the other part of my team, was of course by…
Read MoreAbout a year ago, I participated in the 127th Boston Marathon. My husband, a.k.a. my legs for the race, and the other part of my team, was of course by…
Read MoreShe said it a million times: the weather has changed. When the snow piled as high as the eaves on the east side of our house for weeks on end,…
There is something about spring that renews my hope. It reminds me that God knows exactly what He is doing. I love the first bits of green that begin popping…
How can one vintage columnist find herself in such precarious positions to write about? Hold my sweet tea … here I go! On Wednesday, five girlfriends and I headed to…
Growing up in rural southern Illinois, oil, farming, candy bars, hunting, and sports dominated the discussions every week. If you were in school in Robinson one of these silos of…
A 2022 National Gardening Survey reported a significant rise in native plant purchases. Since 2019, the number of people buying them has nearly doubled, with 58 percent of surveyed consumers…
“People don’t care about how much you know until they know how much you care.” – Theodore Roosevelt (or one of dozens of other people this quote has been attributed…
My husband is my “editor in chief” – as I jokingly like to call him – for all my blog posts. Really, he just reads through what I’ve written to…
Mother reminded me that several years ago I talked Grandma into writing the story of her life. (I recalled the year that sister Verna received her PhD, Grandma had asked…
“Sometimes a hard sacrifice must be made for a future that’s worth living.” – Tom Branson, Downton Abbey, Season Two Don’t we miss Downton Abbey and the engaging Tom Branson…