Throwback Thursday: Living the Dream
Another semester begins on Monday. This got me thinking about how often I’ve approached the start of a new school …
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Digging graves in extreme cold
Minnesota is experiencing some of its coldest temps in almost 20 years. My phone is showing -20 degrees F right …
Wanted: A young adult audience for my book
In the past couple of months, I’ve given high school presentations in St. Clair, Waseca, and New Richland. When my …
Throwback Thursday: Grandma with camera, c. 1976
On Christmas, my sister and I were talking about Grandma Zimny’s camera. Oddly enough, I had come across this picture …
Last Man Standing
I saw this today on Caleb Wilde’s Confessions of a Funeral Director Facebook page, and I have to admit, it …
Throwback Thursday (a day late): Christmas 35 years ago
Throwback Thursday: Art for Christmas
I loved receiving crafty, drawing-type of things at Christmas. Here’s what Bernadette and I were working on: I spent hours …
Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, MN
Who didn’t grow up watching the annual broadcast of The Wizard of Oz? One of the networks would air this …
New roads traveled: Grand Rapids, MN
On December 14, my book took me to Grand Rapids. I signed books at Village Bookstore in Central Square Mall …
Throwback Thursday: The Barbie Dream House
At the risk of sounding like a curmudgeon (I am almost 40, perhaps this entitles me?)… Is it just me, …
If You Have Five Seconds to Spare 