I had not planned on a party; that was the trouble.
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My friend Wally and I have a fractious relationship. This is no secret.
Wally has said he thinks optimistic people like me are self-deluded, always looking for reasons to be happy when there is a lot to worry about and not much to celebrate.
Wally used the metaphor of a tornado. He said that...
I had not planned on a party; that was the trouble.
There is something ridiculous about a woman who has collected so many dresses that they barely fit in her adequately sized closet, showing up at her own anniversary party with nothing to wear. But that is the position I was about to find myself...
“What is the cat doing?” I asked my husband, Peter.
“He’s levitating,” Peter said. Or at least I thought that’s what he said.
“The cat is levitating?”
“Meditating!”
“Oh.”
We have a lot of conversations like this, and I suspect Peter and I are not alone. I was lying in bed later that evening...
I so rarely get sick that, when I do, I look at my body like it’s some kind of trickster.
“Is this your idea of a joke?” I asked my body in the middle of the night.
I occasionally get carsick and even get air motion sickness on planes, but my nausea never (if you will pardon the expression)...
Local author, Sherrie Hansen, will be at the Kiester Library, Thursday, July 18, at 6 p.m. Snacks, coffee and water will be available. If you plan on attending, please call the library at 507-600-9337 or message them on Facebook.
Sherrie Hansen is the author of 20 novels set in Scotland, Ireland,...
Bob McLaughlin, Lake Mills, and his grandson, Owen, celebrated St. Patrick’s Day in style, putting on their kilts and tam-o-shanters for the occasion. Owen is the three-month-old son of Curran and Skye McLaughlin, Garner.
When Loretta Reimers first took Annie’s Project in 2013, it was one of many women in ag programs she would go on to complete.
The 86-year-old Crawford County farm owner has spent her life learning more about the farming industry and ways to improve her 400-acre crop farm. She’s been involved with...
As long as I can remember, books have been my escape and the library my place of comfort. From a place of discovery as a child, to a place of quiet focus as a student, to a place of familiarity and joy as a parent, I have always been able to find my way through a library. And now as I watch my...
We are over half-way through the school year and I have many good things going at LMCS.
A defining advantage of our school is that all students in grades PK-12 share a single building. This important part of our educational philosophy ensures strong continuity in curriculum and in individual...
Talk about hitting it off. This couple met during a work golf outing, and were randomly placed on the same team. Whoever chose them to play together, aced that one.
Erica Kirgan and Kris Belica met Sept. 18, 2020, and got engaged April 28, 2022. Both Erica and Kris work for WCTA in Lake Mills—...
