No, not the palm of your hand—I’m talking about palm trees. I just love palm trees. I think I must have lived in a warmer climate in a previous life or something. For some reason, there’s always been an inextricable connection between me and those tall, frondy trees....
As the 1971-72 president of the Meadowdale High School Letterwomen, it was my job to oversee the fall homecoming dance. That included everything from decorating the gym, to the crowning the King and Queen, to procuring the band. There were lots of hands on deck when...
And speaking of cooking (see previous blog), did you know that the Table Queen squash was introduced in 1913 by the Iowa Seed Company of Des Moines? Yep, that’s right. And folks around those parts also refer to it as a Des Moines squash. Me, I just call them Acorn...
I am very, very good at lots of things. Unfortunately, cooking is not one of them. Oh, what I cook is certainly edible, and sometimes downright tasty, but my cookbooks continue to gather dust while I stick to the simple basics I know. Last week, I was busy at my...
October has arrived, and the Mariner’s are putting away their bats for a few months’ rest. Suffice to say they didn’t make the playoffs; it’s hard to make the playoffs when you’ve got the worst record in both leagues. But a fan’s a fan, so I attended one of their last...
