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Dear Graduate, I don’t know you, and you don’t know me, and at least 40 years separate us in age, but I have a feeling we’re not that different. Every…
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Revolution, Evolution
My nephew and his wife have an eleven-month-old, and they named him after my father, Burton, who passed away in 1989. If my dad were still alive, he’d…
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An Easter Story
Easter weekend. We have bags of miniature peanut butter cups and Snickers ready to fill the 150 plastic Easter eggs that Bob will hide in our yard for…
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Peace, Politics, and Feeling Groovy
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On a Winter's Day
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Making Meaning
It’s snowing again, and the cashier at our local Fareway grocery store is looking out the glass doors at the parking lot. “Did you order this?” she…
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Peace, Politics, and Feeling Groovy
It’s November, 2018, and spiritual teacher Marianne Williamson is in our living room in rural Madison County, talking about her vision for America…
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On a Winter's Day
When Bob and I first moved to our Madison County acreage 21 years ago, it was my first experience living in the country. I’d grown up in Des Moines…
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When Cats Get Famous
Right off the bat, let me say that our two cats do not have social media accounts. They are not influencers. And they will never be in commercials…
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Of Naps and Netflix
It’s New Year’s Eve, and Bob I have just witnessed the biggest excitement of the evening. In the middle of a documentary about Garth Brooks, our…
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Believe
This column ran in a local publication a few years ago. I thought I’d resurrect it for this holiday season, with wishes for a Merry Christmas and Very…
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Celebrating Her Spirit
I’m sitting in the La Fonda Hotel in Santa Fe with my bags packed, ready to get up early in the morning and head home to Iowa. I’ve been here for more…
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A Whole New World
We can make the world new every day.
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