August means allergy season in our house. Sneezing, eye-rubbing, and allergic salutes can be seen performed by any one of three family members. My entire life has been plagued by seasonal allergies. It is easy to recognize the signs in two of my sons (one has luckily escaped this fate). By this time of year,…
I am going out on a little limb with this post. My recently graduated son is leaving for college today. He had many thank you notes to write since his high school graduation party on June 3rd. And, a week-long trip to Italy that started a week later delayed this a bit. Admittedly, the writing…
Believe it or not, I forgot it was Tuesday until just now. And, while I should be working on two summer school presentations I have to do tomorrow or plugging away on my two new summer grad courses that started yesterday, I am writing my blog post now. I try not to miss Slice of…
“Who are you again?” My three-year old asked my sister-in-law while sitting on her lap on a ferry at Walt Disney World ushering them from the Animal Kingdom to Epcot Center in the early evening. It was a mild October night and they were off to meet my husband and oldest child who were already…
Have you ever heard of National History Day (NHD)? Let me tell you about my past experience with it as I reference my three sons. Then, I will elaborate on the experience I had with it today at our regional competition. One Website – that progressed from school to regionals and on to the…
Last night we had potato pancakes or latkes for dinner! We regularly had these while I was growing up. So recently, when my 18-year-old asked us to switch up what we were serving for meals, I thought this was a great opportunity to try them again. But, I started to laugh as I grated the…
We are late this year getting the holiday decorations up. Yesterday, we finally got our tree – a live one – bummed off some friends with a tree farm for a bottle of whiskey! Hey, it pays to know people! Right? Most of the tree farms have opened and already closed for the season. Today, I…
The Power of Love! Do you know it? The old song from Huey Lewis and the News? (See it on YouTube here.) It is one of my favorites, probably because I was in college and college is where I met my husband. The song was popular at that time. It was featured in the Back…
Usually, I do not write anything on my silent sunday posts. But, this spring we lost both of our cats within a few months of each other. It was hard to see them get old, fail, and die. Lewis and Clark were blood brothers from a farm in Westby. We got them as kittens and…