It’s Really Complicated Now

As you may or may not know by now, the Iowa legislature just passed- and the Governor signed- a bill banning all abortions after 6 weeks. As you might imagine, the response to this varies wildly depending on who you ask. For the past 20 odd years my position on this topic has been “it’s complicated”. And, while that IS… Read more »
Faithful Friday 5-4
It’s a strappy Situation

Today I’d like to talk to you about a subject we all know and many of us have a love/ hate relationship with- bras. Specifically, bra straps. Last weekend I went to a Bon Jovi concert with my dear friend Lisa. There is NO lack of people watching opportunities there. One trend that we saw a lot of were visible… Read more »
Faithful Friday 4-27
Thank you Thursday

Today is Thank you Thursday. This might be the easiest day ever to “celebrate”. We ALL have people we owe a big thank you to. Some of those folks we may have already acknowledged, but many we haven’t. And it’s so simple! Just call, text, email, or walk right up to that person and say “thank you”. If you are… Read more »
An Ode to Freedom

On Sunday April 22nd my nephew Luke confirmed at the Freedom Lutheran church in rural Janesville MN. My sister (his mother) and I were confirmed there, as was our father and our grandfather and many other members of my dad’s family. While I’ve long since moved away, Freedom will always hold a special, if sometimes conflicted, place in my heart…. Read more »
Faithful Friday 4-20
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Labels)

As many of you know, my employer is a small manufacturing company based in Mason City. We produce all kinds of asset tags, many of which we refer to as labels (NOT stickers. I joke that “stickers” is the naughty “s” word in our building). In this sense, labels are great- they keep me in gainful employment, which keeps me… Read more »