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Having played sports most of my life, I like to encourage others to give any game a try. When people say they are “uncoordinated” I question that – I tend to believe that with patient instruction and time, learning a new skill is within reach. This comes from my own experience teaching and coaching sports. Even when I taught the […]
It was late, getting close to 10 p.m. It was cold, 4 below zero with a 17 below wind chill. I needed quite a few groceries, so I talked myself into the task. I had a long list plus was also stocking up on easy-to-eat foods for my upcoming surgery. My legs were in a […]
The temperature was a perfect 18 degrees in a Winter Wonderland. We had recently received three different blessings of 3-5 inches of snow. I had recently told my son Alex, age 25, “no gifts, this Christmas, I just want quality time with you.” He is an independent young man who works all day, then goes ice […]
I’ve been thinking about how the holidays have changed since I was a child. We didn’t start decorating until well after Thanksgiving. Last August red and green items started appearing in the stores in August! Christmas candy was next to the Halloween candy two months ago, ready to budge in. Pre-black Friday has smothered Thanksgiving. Ads for […]
This Thanksgiving I would like to share “The Power of Positive Thanking” by Marianne Williamson. This article touched me because it expressed the need to be grateful for not just for the good things in life, but also for the not-so-good. That is the true test of gratitude. She writes: “Very often, I say ‘Thank you, God!’ when a gift […]
Last night, in my own personal preparation for Veteran’s Day, I watched the movie, “Flags of our Fathers”, a movie centered around the World War II attack on Iwo Jima. Seven thousand Americans died in this battle, and almost all of the Japanese defenders died as well. So much death, so much fighting, so much […]
My heirloom tomatoes are coming in so fast, I now have a tummy ache and the start of canker sores in my mouth from the acid. I find myself eating them as I pick them, eating them as I see them, eating them as I open the fridge and eye the bowl. They are like […]
One year ago, I had the joy of my first hot air balloon ride, courtesy of a relative, who happens to own one. My son Nick and I couldn’t turn down the spur-of the-moment invitation to go ballooning over farmland in Glyndon, Minnesota on the most perfect August evening. Before I could think about it, […]
I was weeding yesterday, the day before, and the day before. I was IN the dirt! I was happy to see some flowers on my cucumber plants. So how can it be that today, I found these two cucumbers, a long green Asian cucumber and a short, plump Mini-White Cucumber, both fully grown and ready to be plucked? Did […]
Here’s one of three radishes that my small garden produced… and yes, this is the end of it! Radishes are not my forte as you can see. Now before you think I really blew it and forgot to make it red, take it easy. It is a white radish, and that was intentional. This was the first product of my […]