Featured Post May 6, 2026 Joy and sadness as co-pilots How many of you have seen *Inside Out*? It’s the Disney-Pixar movie that humanizes the emotions of an 11-year-old girl—Joy,… Read Article
Introspections Laughter, carbonated Before I begin today’s column, I’d like to add a postscript to the column I wrote a couple months ago. …
Introspections Digging in to my summer reading list I like to think of myself as a voracious reader. Isn’t that a great word? Voracious. Rolls off the tongue. …
Introspections Digging in to my summer reading list I like to think of myself as a voracious reader. Isn’t that a great word? Voracious. Rolls off the tongue. …
Community Community Events +1 Parents – teenager training Parenting a teenager is not for weenies. Those of you who have undertaken it know the struggle is real. Those…
Community Community Events +1 Birthdays and funfests I love March. It means so many things. Daffodils (my all-time fave flower) from the American Cancer Society. The chance…
Community Introspections Take time to be kind I’m back! Four pounds lighter, perhaps a few inches smaller and feeling very pleased with self for surviving the Whole30. …
Introspections Wholly30, here we go Happy New Year! Yep, 2017 has entered at full throttle, complete with hideous cold and deeply unfortunate wind. We’ve all…
Community Introspections Bring on the tacky tidings It’s the Christmas season! Yippee! You know how I know this? Not because the decorations are up in stores. That…
Introspections Super Fandom I’m a big fan. Whether it’s pigs, chocolate, Chardonnay, Jane Austen novels or Chicago-style deep dish pizza, I am all…
Community Community Events Join the support staff for our community’s children I am the parent of two boys, ages 11 and 14. I came to the parenting gig late so I…
Introspections Adventures at the Fair – dog shows, taxidermy I’ve recently returned from a trip down south. Douglas, to be specific. It’s Wyoming State Fair time and my boys…
Introspections ‘What’s the salt on that caramel?’ and other useful phrases There are some who think I have my own language. This is probably because I make up words to suit…