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I have always loved to cook and bake, and even when we are not distancing from others because of a viral epidemic, we enjoy lots of home goodies. I thought I would share with you one of our favorite meals that I am cooking today. For those of you who are not from Northwest Iowa,…

I work several jobs, and one of them is as a Senior Center manager in my town. I have worked there for a number of years, serving a state subsidy meal at the Senior Center, and organizing the meals to be delivered to shut-ins. I eat with the diners, do the dishes, and sometimes provide…

Common sense, as defined on Dictionary.com, is “sound practical judgment that is independent of specialized knowledge, training, or the like; normal native intelligence.” Now, it is not my intent in this blog to throw stones at a wasp nest like what is “normal” intelligence. I want to look at the seeming lack in so much…

“A matter of fact lady.” My grandma on my dad’s side was called this by one of the relatives at her funeral. It has stuck with me because it was so true. My grandma grew up in a time that was not easy in our country. She was only a girl when her mother died,…