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  • Down The Rabbit Hole

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    Going Down the Rabbit Hole.             A friend of mine and I were texting and sharing recipes today when I wanted to share with her a recipe of my grandmothers for Poor Man’s Cake. I retrieved it from the battered old recipe box I got at a bridal shower in 1965. I found the recipe and…

  • Valentine Musings

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     Valentine Musings “…a man should keep his little brain attic stacked with all the furniture he is likely to use, and the rest in the lumber room of his library where he can get it when he wants it” Sherlock Holmes.                    The Five Orange Pips, Arthur Conan Doyle. Some how this quote makes me think…

  • Coffee Lovers Poetry Companion

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    Announcing Dear Readers, No matter how few or many, my first poetry book us now finished . Ithas taken almost 20 years to complete. You can find it on Amazon. Royalties will be donated. To St. Judes. I

  • Valentine Memories

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    Though some might have a problem believing it, my husband, Chuck Wendel was a very romantic guy. When we were courting, he called me every morning from Amana at 6:30 am and we had coffee together. I could hear him grinding the coffee beans and filling up his pot. While I was doing the same.  We…

  • Goodbye 2021, Hello 2022

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    Goodbye 2021, Hello 2022 I have not posted on my website for a bit. The holiday times are some how stressful even though we can manage to enjoy them.  I am very happy to say farewell to 2021.  I think the pandemic and learning to live alone have added to the holiday stress.  Some brave soul posted a…

  • Unforeseen Consequences

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    Unforeseen Consequences Several years ago, I wrote a course called Case Studies in Moral Leadership. The course  analyzed the decisions of leaders and focused on the unexpected consequences of their decisions. One study was of Truman’s decision to use the atomic bomb the end the war with Japan. A visit to Truman’s library revealed a…

  • Past – Present – Future

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    Past–Present-Future It occurred to me today why I want to spend so much time revisiting the happy times of the past. It seems to me that now as I am approaching the age of 80, I would rather look back than contemplate my future which most certainly not be many more years. So I watch…

  • Stop Me If You Have Heard This

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    Stop Me If You Have Heard This We old folks all have our favorite stories.  We like to share special memories with friends and family. Sometimes we learn as time goes by that we only knew one side of the story, and as we share it with our adult children, we see the memory from their…

  • Parent Tips 2021

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    Parenting Tips Revisited. In the 1980’s, when I was Director of Community and Adult Education for the Des Moines Public Schools and publisher of Iowa Parent and Family Magazine,  I did thirty second parenting tips for WHO Radio. As I revisited these tips recently, I felt some were still worthwhile even today. Some challenges to parents…

  • Past Present Future.

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    Past–Present-Future It occurred to me today why I want to spend so much time revisiting the happy times of the past. It seems to me that now as I am approaching the age of 80, I would rather look back than contemplate my future which most certainly not be many more years. So I watch…