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Category Archives: Guest Blogs
Clean Up, Clean Up!
Today’s guest post comes from Steve. In the interest of candor, I must admit that Liam’s four-day trip to visit his grandfather has not been all pleasant. Liam, just two years old, was terrified by the airplane that flew him … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Blogs
58 Comments
Not Done Yet
Today’s guest post comes from tim. my moms visit to the hospital was a good reflective time for me. she has been spending her life as the caretaker first for the students she taught while shuffling family matters then for … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Guest Blogs, Health
115 Comments
It Came From Lake Vostok
Today’s guest post comes from Bathtub Safety Officer Rafferty. In my work as a PDA (Professional Downside Anticipator), I constantly ask people to stop and carefully consider the variety of bad things that could happen before they choose to take … Continue reading
Posted in Bathtub Safety Officer Rafferty, Guest Blogs, Movies, Science
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Coming To A Pork In The Road
Today’s guest post comes from Dan in Woodbury. While driving to my local health club in Woodbury last Saturday morning around 7:00 AM, I saw a small SUV pulled over to the right shoulder on a side street. In addition … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Guest Blogs
74 Comments
The Baldwin Acrosonic
Today’s guest post comes from Barbara in Robbinsdale. A few months ago we moved my mom from central Iowa to a lovely senior residence here in Robbinsdale. In mid-September past, this spunky little woman was uprooted from her home of … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Guest Blogs, Music
108 Comments
Trip to Azerbaijan
Today’s guest post comes from Jim in Clark’s Grove I had the good luck to be selected three times to serve as an agricultural volunteer by ACDI/VOCA, a nonprofit organization. In an earlier guest blog I wrote about the volunteer … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Blogs, Travel
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Let Me Call You Sweetheart
Today’s guest post comes from Beth Ann. There are an amazing number of performances of “Let Me Call You Sweetheart” to be found on YouTube. Everyone from Alfalfa to Patti Page and from Kate Smith to the Mills Brothers join … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Guest Blogs, Poems, Words
107 Comments
This Isn’t About Goats
Today’s guest post is by Barb in Blackhoof. Well, ok, I lied. For the last five years I haven’t really been able to talk about much outside of the context of goats. I can listen, but my reply may be … Continue reading
Posted in Goats, Guest Blogs
72 Comments
Sunday in Savannah
Today’s guest post comes from Clyde. Every New Years Day, which it is when I am writing this, I remember our first trip to Savannah. A school district southwest of Savannah hired me to come do a workshop from 8 … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Blogs, Travel, Uncategorized
71 Comments
Leaving the Best for Last
Today’s guest post is by Steve. My father adored watermelons, both for how they tasted and because they represented a particularly happy period of his childhood. He would eat a watermelon slowly according to an oddly complicated plan. His approach … Continue reading
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