Pleased to Announce
PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE: I have been selected as one of 16 featured authors for the Anoka County Library system. I am both honored and humbled by the designation. Below is the flyer for the 7th Annual Featured Local… Read More
Category: BLOG
Snow fun vs. no fun
SNOW FUN VS. NO FUN: Minnesotans talk about the weather. It might be because it is a neutral, safe topic of conversation or it might be because we are, in some ways, weather dependent. Take winter for example…. Read More
The Power of Resolution
THE POWER OF RESOLUTION: Have you made New Year’s resolutions for the coming year? I’ve made resolutions for the last several years and more often than not, I fail miserably at keeping them. And yet, I hold on… Read More
The CAT (the A is for Art)
THE CAT (THE A IS FOR ART): Two weeks ago, a group of us visited the CAT Museum in Shoreview, Minnesota. When I was first invited, I hesitated to accept because I really am not a cat lover…. Read More
Perspective or Take a Step Back
PERSPECTIVE: TAKE A STEP BACK: I tend to do well when life is going well. I think we all do. When a crisis, or a personal setback, or another health issue, or an unanticipated bill pops up—that’s when… Read More
Labor Day–What was your first job?
LABOR DAY—WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST JOB? Yesterday, our co-op celebrated Labor Day with an indoor picnic as it was oppressively hot outside. The eight people at our table discussed our first jobs. One was a bagger for a… Read More
Not just a Taste of the Fair
NOT JUST A TASTE OF THE FAIR: We were fortunate enough to be invited to last night’s Taste of the Fair, the fundraiser for the State Fair Foundation traditionally held one week before the opening of the Great… Read More
Book Club question: “How did you pick the title?”
BOOK CLUB QUESTION: “HOW DID YOU PICK THE TITLE?” It has been eight months since Crashing Through the Windshield was published, and my speaking engagements and invitations to attend book clubs have steadily increased. I enjoy sharing my… Read More
Memories: Would you change them?
MEMORIES: WOULD YOU CHANGE THEM? It’s been years since I picked up the poetry book that my sister, Susan, gave me for my eighth-grade graduation—The Best Loved Poems of the American People, compiled by Hazel Felleman, copyright 1936… Read More
Home on the Range
HOME ON THE RANGE: Spent the day in Chisholm today, and I have much to share! M and I started the day at the Minnesota Discovery Center (formerly known as Ironworld). Temperatures were set to rise to the… Read More
