Literally. There were rocks everywhere! We (Karla and I and Lois from our church) arrived back home in Earlham, Iowa safe and sound Wednesday March 2, 2011 after an absolutely awesome 10 day guided tour of Israel. Nearly everyone who knows that we went to Israel asks us two questions. The first “How was the [...]
The largest health insurance company in Iowa, Wellmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield, recently announced that health insurance premiums would be rising an average of 18% for Iowans. Some more and some less. Pity the individuals who happen to be in the same pool as I. From the last two months of 2008 through 2009 I tapped our insurance company for [...]
For those of you who don’t know, which is probably most of you, today is Mike’s birthday. We always go out for lunch on Friday, as this is Mike’s day off. As we were eating yesterday, he said, “When I turned 43, I never would have guessed that I’d be happy to make it to [...]
The Super Bowl yesterday was a yawner until the final seconds of the first half and later in the third quarter. I have always been a big Kurt Warner Fan and was hoping that he could pull out another Super Bowl Victory. He and his Cardinals could not get it done, but it was a [...]
One does not have to look very hard to find humorous things all around.
I’ve had some good and interesting teachers in my years on this earth. In fourth grade Mrs. Podolak was a great teacher and I the class pet…the only time that ever happened. Funny how that correlation usually works. The place was Jackson School, Atlantic, Iowa, in 1974.
We scheduled the surgery for the second week of February so that we might have time to process all the info thrown at us in recent months. We needed some time to think about it all.
One good thing about a recession is that hardly any one is paying capital gains taxes because hardly anyone is making money. However, I must say that I had much by way of capitol gains on this particular Wednesday morning. State House Representative Jodi Tymeson from Winterset asked me to do the prayer for the opening [...]
We all occasionally kick ourselves in the mouth with our own feet. It’s inevitable. However, I have been thinking recently about two phrases that are particularly troubling to me, each for a different reason: the first because it is an expression of laziness and the second because it is utterly false.
