Psalm 133:1 (Good News Translation) “How wonderful it is, how pleasant, for God’s people to live together in harmony. It is like…” 

I thought I was going to skip seeing a movie this week because the only thing I could find in the theaters was Venom: Let There Be Carnage. The first Venom didn’t rate very high on my list (C+) and the second one looked a lot worse. Bummed, I pulled up Netflix and was surprised to see the ne…

Happy National Newspaper week!

My time spent on social media is really more than it should be.  I enjoy seeing what my friends and family are up to.  Even if I haven’t seen them in years, I feel like I am still a part of their life and they are a part of mine.  However, I get sucked into many other posts from news outlets…

We were supposed to get the tile backsplash installed in our kitchen yesterday, but my husband, Peter, said he needed to use the kitchen so he could bake ginger cookies. 

And the winners are…

To me, “the farm” has always meant the farm where my mother grew up, one of 11 children. Every book I ever read that was set on a farm, and many other books as well, all took place in my imagination at my mother’s family farm and the surrounding woods. 

My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise. 

Have you ever had too much of a good thing?  I know for myself; I think I have had too many carbs over the course of my life. So, I have been on a low carb diet these last couple of months and I feel a lot better. The funny thing is that when I do eat carbs I don’t like them as much, and I f…

Many states, including Wisconsin, have public records laws. But that doesn’t mean requesters always get the records they seek, or even that the laws are followed.

To say the COVID-19 pandemic has changed this is understating the meaning of understating.

VERY FEW FAMILY businesses go longer than three generations. I have been reminded over the years by successful people of a quote, “Shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations.” What it comes down to is the first generation works hard, the next generation has it a little easier, and by …

The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity; there is none who does good. God looks down from heaven on the children of man to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God. They have all fallen away; together they have become corrupt;…

With high school and college football season well underway, there’s no evidence that Daniel Ruettiger ever played a snap in the St. Croix Valley. But thanks to cable TV and the Internet, Ruettiger’s personal drive and passion lives on in a 1993 movie bearing his nickname, Rudy. The feel good…

This weekend is the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C. and the crash of United flight 93 in Pennsylvania, which many suspect was supposed to crash into a target in Washington, but actions by the passengers foiled that plan.

I met my former mother-in-law, “Mama Lou,” and my former father-in-law, “Poppo,” when I was not yet twenty years old. I hitched a ride to meet them, terrified because I’d spoken to my future mother-in-law on the phone and she sounded exactly like Lauren Bacall. 

This past week I was in Iowa for my dad’s 70th birthday.   We were going to Hy-Vee to get some stuff for the party when I saw something I hadn’t ever seen in Cedar Falls in previous trips.  There was a man with a sign asking for food.  As we drove by I heard a fellow motorist yell at him to …

DC Comics hasn’t had a lot of success with comedy super hero movies. I found Suicide Squad (the previous film in this series) and Bird of Prey a spin-off of the Harley Quinn character very unsatisfying at worst and nothing special at best. Now there are various reasons that the first Suicide…

Happy Labor Day to you!

Every Thursday evening this summer, we have attended the outdoor concert held in a local park. The music is usually good, but the food trucks are undeniably the center of the experience. Our favorite is the “Tot Boss” that sells tasty, hot tater tots out the window of the truck. 

As a child, I remember taking a school bus to an event and the antics that we performed on the rides were likely passed down from one generation to another. I remember the rubber pencil trick, the floating finger, and the detached thumb. As the miles passed by, one peer would be encouraging …

I have heard a lot of good things about Free Guy with Ryan Reynolds.  So, I would give that one a look see if you like video games or video game culture.  However, I was in a different mood for this week’s movie, plus I am on the road for my dad’s 70th birthday party.  This meant I had to wa…

Regular readers of this column will recall I have been waiting for my flying car to arrive for decades.