In the past five years, I have traveled a lot. As in for two years, I commuted from Tennessee to Wisconsin almost every week and for the last six months, I traveled from Iowa to Wisconsin and Tennessee pretty much weekly. For the most part, I tried to avoid travel-size anything, because it’s expensive and [...]
posted on August 7, 2011 by
Striking a Balance between Living and Simple
On Friday, after returning from an emotionally-charged business trip to Nashville, I found a package waiting for me on the kitchen counter. It was from Katie, one of my favorite people in the world. I opened it up with great anticipation and found a hand-made card with the most encouraging note and a little notebook [...]
posted on February 5, 2011 by
The Kindle and Simple Living
When Amazon first released the Kindle back in 2007, I thought, “No way I’m going to read books on a little screen!” I love to read and I very much enjoy the feeling of a new book in my hands. Pages crisp and untouched. And library books have their charm. Smelly and full of history. [...]
posted on January 30, 2011 by
You Are Beautiful!
As the parent of a 13-year-old girl, I am acutely aware of the extreme pressure girls these days are under to look gorgeous and be perfect in every way. But it’s not just girls who are under pressure… The constant bombardment from media channels of all shapes and sizes tells us that if we don’t [...]
posted on January 22, 2011 by
Should It Stay Or Should It Go?
For the last two and a half years, my family and I have been living somewhat in limbo. The reason for this is that in 2008, my dear husband, Professor Green, got a three year teaching appointment at Luther College in wonderful Decorah, IA. As I wanted to keep my job, my daughter and I [...]
