My husband is cute. Physically, verbally, romantically. He’s also delightfully ignorant of many common expressions. My son and I love to recite movie quotes when joking around or making an insider reference. When we mention something is so good it goes all the way to eleven (Spinal Tap reference), my husband looks at me with confusion. “Eleven what?” “Never… Read More

  Even Minnesota, that great “fly over” state most people not from here equate to the movie, Fargo, has been searingly hot. A slow and lengthy stretch of days in the upper nineties has shocked us to the point of muttering “uffda,” and meaning it. With days this hot it is hard to feel motivated to get outside and do… Read More

          Hot women…                                                                                   Tiny beads of water ran down the pitcher and pooled on the table. I knew that. I saw that. And yet, when I picked up the pitcher to pour a glass of mint-infused lemonade, a generous amount of condensation landed on my shirt and erased the polished look I was going for. Wet… Read More

  Stepping off the whitewashed fence post was always thrilling. As a girl, I loved to test my focus and balance by walking on top the board fences that outlined my family’s farm. The first few steps were usually the easiest because the board was securely anchored to the fencepost and therefore didn’t wobble much. As I made my way towards… Read More

The black stallion beneath me tossed his head and gazed over the rocky outcropping. Forty feet below a shallow pool of water glittered with pink and orange diamonds reflecting from the fading sunset. At least from my vantage the water appeared to be shallow. My daughter and son, only three and seven respectively, watched from a safe distance with little… Read More