On days when the temperatures are tolerable I do marathon sessions in my garden. I typically tell myself that I will just be out there for two hours and six hours later when I wander back inside I wonder how it got to be so late in the day. Such is the way when you [...]
Can you help?
Today I am sharing with you a correspondence that was forwarded to me by my lovely friend Katherine Tweed who aside from being a fabulous person has community service hardwired into her soul. The correspondence comes from Erin Prochnow the Executive Director of YWCA Cass Clay and is a plea for help. I hope that [...]
The trailer’s new home…
My NDSU office was in Minard Hall in 2009. Then there was a partial structural collapse of the building in late December 2009 on the side of the building that my department's offices were located. We decided that we would move until construction was concluded. We expected to be out of the building for 12-18 [...]
Go with the flow boys!
Cheyenne has little patience for moodiness in anyone other than herself. Early on in our trip to Canada she felt obliged to share with me that when men in the family were moody they were "manstrating" or perhaps going through "manopause". I must tell you, I did laugh out loud at that. I couldn't help [...]
Calling all girls ages 12-18 to share their thoughts in a new book…
Computer repair lessons from a goober…
Well, if there was any question about my status as a goober today's post should remove it. Today, I spilled raspberry vinaigrette dressing on my open laptop computer. Yes, right into the keys it oozed while I flailed about and screamed expletives. I estimate that I spilled about a tablespoon of oil based liquid down [...]
Serving as a horrible warning…
Well, I went to Sanford's emergency room this morning. I should have gone last night, but in the moment I became one of those women that poo-pooed my symptoms. That was until they did not fully abate and I thought to myself that I should maybe just make sure the universe wasn't trying to give [...]
THE NEW FORTY 