Having spent nearly a week in Iowa, my family and I are continuing our holiday adventures by driving straight from Iowa to Michigan, bypassing our house to save a couple/few hours. While fourteen of us were at my grandparents, we … Continued
We opened gifts today!
Relaxing around the house on Christmas Day. It’s time for a supper of dried beef and cheese. Lights on the tree match the colors of the sunset sky. Dulcimer and banjo playing carols on the stereo. Grandma takes her harmonica and happily … Continued
A series of sugar, sugar lows, and the occasional sugar high. No, this is not all we did on Christmas day– just what we were doing while Auld Lang Syne was playing.
Dear Librarian, if I were you,There’s little things that I would doTo make this place a better one, To make this place much better run. I don’t say these books are badOr that the aura makes me sad.It’s just that … Continued
This is what me and friends look like late on Friday night after drinking a lot (of apple cider) and hanging out in a steel-sided shed with paint on the floor and leak spots on the ceiling and colored lights … Continued
My brain is feeling a little hazy with lack of sleep from the huge amount of Christmas and end-of-semester activities and assignments and I have quite a bit of stuff to do before ten minutes from now so I thought … Continued
This college is too small. I have to work my schedule around its schedule. This college is too big. It’s impossible to learn everyone’s name, so half the time I don’t know who people are talking about. This college is … Continued
As always (except for the time I was in Tokyo), I spent Thanksgiving in Pella, Iowa. As always, we spent the time with extended family, feasting, talking, holding a trapshoot, and playing games. What made this year unique was the … Continued