By pamkressdunn on
2/23/2010 9:12 AM
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By roybuol on
2/22/2010 5:16 PM
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By bobgelms on
2/17/2010 5:12 PM
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By pamkressdunn on
12/6/2009 1:32 PM
A copy of Life magazine from July 26, 1948, landed in my lap the other day, and I read it with glee from cover to cover. It was a gift from my husband’s sister, a peek into life (with a small “l”) from the very week he was born. I was drawn first to the ads: Vaseline Cream Hair Tonic for that just-combed look, Eye-Gene for relief of tired, smarting eyes, Kellogg’s Pep whole wheat flakes for all-day energy. I coveted the Hotpoint refrigerator with its Butter Conditioner, a special compartment with its own thermostat to keep the spread just the right consistency for table use. It would go so well with my 1950s Chambers stove!
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By pamkressdunn on
11/30/2009 2:35 PM
I finally got myself a Facebook page. It’s not difficult, and doesn’t cost a cent. If you don’t have one yet, I can wait while you get signed up.
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By bobgelms on
11/30/2009 2:33 PM
The Lost Symbol is the new novel from Dan Brown, the author of The Da Vinci Code. This book has made more noise than dozens of 6-year-olds in a room full of cymbals. The reason, of course, is because The Da Vinci Code is one of the most successful novels of all time.
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By tim on
11/5/2009 12:49 PM
This past Tuesday, I was able to swing over to my local polling place (the Dubuque Community Y) and vote in our City Council election around 7 p.m. or so. When I filed my ballot, the machine informed me that I was the 154th person to cast a vote in my precinct.
Seriously?
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By mattitude on
10/20/2009 8:38 AM
Have you ever been so fully absorbed in an activity that you lose track of time, your self-consciousness falls away and you feel like you can accomplish activities effortlessly? Being in the flow (or in the zone – as many athletes call it) is that place mentally and physically where everything is going perfect for you.
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By bobgelms on
10/20/2009 8:37 AM
Enrique Joven writes in Spanish, but his first novel, The Book of God and Physics, has been expertly translated into English and it has a few delightfully complicated problems. It is a novel which normally means that everything is made up. We are all familiar with the “all the characters in this book are fiction and any resemblance to anyone living or dead is purely coincidental” warning.
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By pamkressdunn on
10/20/2009 8:35 AM
Lately I’ve been thinking about my ex-husband. The reasons are three-fold: 1) I watched Ken Burns’ series on the National Parks, which included a lot of mountains, which he loved; 2) a friend asked what drew me to him in the first place; and 3) it’s National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
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