“Rod Stewart Hair”
“I like your hair!” a woman at the party said.
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Dear Dave,
I’m on Baby Step 2, and I’m working hard to get out of debt. My last two debts are $6,000 on a credit card, and $10,000 on a car loan. I’ll be receiving a $6,000 bonus at work in a couple of weeks, and I was wondering what to do with the money. I’m single, and I...
“The Homes of Dead People”
A cousin of mine reportedly said, “I can’t imagine living in a house where other people have lived!”
I don’t know if she really said this, as I heard the story secondhand. But it stuck in my mind, because every home I’ve owned has been lived in by other people, and a...
At least 24 children went missing in South Dakota last month—nearly one child every day throughout the month of May—and if one were to try to look it up they would find a total of . . . ONE article (or at least that’s all I was able to find after an hour of searching for more information) about...
We don’t often think that how the US conducts itself at home has much impact on how we face the world, but it does. You’d be amazed at how closely people in countries all over the globe follow events here and count on the United States to lead the way. When it’s messy at home, it’s hard to sustain...
Earlier this year, President Joe Biden signed an executive order calling for strengthening vulnerable agricultural supply chains and encouraging production here at home.
In the past 18 months, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on agricultural producers, processors, and other small businesses...
“Best Wishes”
I just learned that my ex-husband has remarried. I learned this as we learn about all important life milestones these days: on Facebook.
There were photos taken in the Caribbean. My ex-husband and his new bride were walking barefoot on the beach. She was carrying her shoes and their...
I’m sick of it, too, alright?
But the reality is that the pandemic is not over, and the chances of it ever dying down enough to resume some semblance of normality, are seeming slimmer and slimmer with each botched attempt at slowing and neutralizing the virus.
Vaccination rates are disturbingly...
t’s a wrap. The 2021 Legislative session concluded last week. This was such an amazing session, not only for myself but for many other legislators as well. Over and over, I would hear comments about how much good was done for Iowans this session. I could not have asked for a better session to be a...
“A Change of Scenery”
The old wooden folding table belonged to my grandma. I don’t remember her ever using it.
After she moved out of her house and into a retirement home, my sister inherited the table, but she didn’t use it much either. The table has four wooden folding chairs that tuck beneath...
Every year, especially in the spring and early summer, we get calls from well-meaning people wanting to know what they should do with the little “orphaned” bird or mammal they have just found. Many people are surprised by our usual answer. We usually tell them to leave it just where it belongs—in...
