The other day, after Sunday School, I took Lilly to the little Princeton, Iowa river park where she likes to pick up shells. I was sitting...

EllynAnne Geisel...the author of The Apron Book (a treasured gift from Mary Mulari) is going to be IN IOWA on October 2-4.  Her world-...

I got quite a few emails last week after my BUY SOME GOOD SHEETS blog post. I would love to hear from anybody who decided to go the distanc...

After our wonderful afternoon at the Figge Museum -- the four of us were STARVING. Luckily, right across the street -- there is a wonderful ...

The truth is -- there are about a kajilion jobs out there that I never even think about. That thought hit me when I noticed this cart at th...

Recently, my friend Kathy Keefer (one of the best cooks I know) became a Popover convert. It is still amazing to me that I lived most of my ...

Today, if everything is going right -- I am spending the day in Cedar Rapids with my young friend Anne... I think it's a very worth...