LAND O' LAKES - The traditional three Rs of education are "reading, 'riting and 'rithmetic." ...more

October 29, 2009

You grab the dog; I'll grab the computer. Until recently, that was our family disaster evacuation plan. ...more

July 20, 2008

CARE PACKAGES Boy, the people you meet on vacation. I took a few days off last week when my friend Drew Meyerowich came into town. He and his family lived a few doors down from our house before they moved to Hawaii about three years ago so he could take command of the U.S. Army's 2nd battalion, 27th infantry regiment. ...more

June 11, 2008

I clip recipes from magazines. Since my early 20s, it has been my lifework, and it used to be a messy business. I accumulated scads of them oozing from file folders and tucked inside cookbooks. The thought of organizing them sent me into a whinnying panic. ...more

October 10, 2007