A couple of weeks ago a friend of mine was admitted to the hospital for a “routine” procedure. She ended up in an ICU and had several more surgeries due to unexpected complications. Her recovery will be long and will involve another surgery. A …
Read MoreThank you, Annie Rose Goldman for setting Hasbro right!
Good grief, it took an eight-year-old to set an international toy company straight on gender equity and still it took them two years to partially comply!! Read more here. Kudos to Annie’s courage and perserverance !!
Read MoreWomen of Mayo Clinic: The Founding Generation has been named a Minnesota Book Award Finalist
I am so grateful for this news. My goal in writing the book was to make more people aware of these inspirational women and to encourage others. This recognition will help further that cause at time when women’s history and stories are not sufficiently being …
Read MoreWomen of Mayo Clinic: The Founding Generation is a reality!
. A few weeks ago, I came home from a trip out of state and nearly stumbled over a box frozen to my porch. As I fumbled for my keys in the dark, I realized it must contain my complimentary copies of the book I …
Read MoreAnother Minnesota Winter
Today is a beautiful day in Minnesota. The sun is shining, illuminating a bright, blue sky. Freshly fallen snow covers trees, houses, and all open spaces with a whiteness as white as you can imagine. These are the pleasant remnants of Thursday’s blizzard. The storm …
Read MoreGuess Who Flew Into the Kitchen Last Night
When I came in from letting my dog out the other evening, a moth flew in behind us. Annoyed, I tried to gently catch it in my hand when it landed on the kitchen windowsill. As it stealthy escaped my grasp, its deep yellow, almost …
Read MoreHelen Hoover: A Writer Not to Be Overlooked
For years, three books by Helen Hoover have sat on my bookshelves next to volumes written by Sigurd Olson. The books by Olson are tattered and dog-eared. I had not even opened Hoover’s books until this summer.
Read MoreAres (1999-2012)
Ares passed away December 18, 2012 at the Quarry Hill Animal Hospital in Rochester, MN after valiantly resisting old age. Kris, Harper, and I were with him, along with Dr. Anderson and the amazingly compassionate staff there. He came to us in 2001 from a …
Read MoreWhat I Learned From Disney Princesses and Animal Kingdom
I didn’t intend for this blog to be a travelogue, but in late October – only three weeks after returning from Paris and Vienna – I headed to Orlando, primarily for a business meeting. Fortunately, my recent travel companion, Marsha, came along to visit her …
Read MoreDiscovering “French” fries
Benjamin Franklin and I came to the same conclusion about “French” fries after visiting France. Franklin, the first United States envoy to France in the 1770s, discovered pommes frit (fried potatoes) at a dinner hosted by a French pharmacist who made a habit of serving …
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