what do you think?

I remember reading about a month ago about a man in Nebraska who dropped off 11 children, ages 0-17 years old, at a hospital under Nebraska’s Safe Haven Law saying he no longer wanted to/could take care of them.  Nebraska is the only state in the nation where children up to the age of 18 [...]

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“my” little men

The weather today reached 50 degrees which may as well have been 80–it was such a nice change from the freezing drizzle we had on Sunday.  The sun was shining, the remaining leaves on the trees were slowly coasting to the ground, all was lovely.  I decided it was such a nice day that I [...]

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Splendid event

The weather today in the Twin Cities has been simply gross.  Cold, wet (due to snow…SNOW!) and cloudy.  The perfect day to spend indoors.  Thus, it was fortunate that my friend Kristin and I made plans to visit the Vatican Splendors exhibit at the MN History Center today.  It was super cool.  The history major/classics [...]

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Woe to a perfectionist alone

The boys are upstairs taking a nap and so I am downstairs trying to get a bit of housework done: unloading the dishwasher, throwing a load of dirty clothes into the wash, folding clean laundry.  I was just folding a set of queen sheets and chuckled how it would probably be agony for a perfectionist to [...]

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pretty fall

A few days ago I had the pleasure of going for a walk with my friend Rita over in St. Paul.  We were walking down this one street and we couldn’t help but notice the gorgeous maple trees.  The leaves were in the process of changing from vibrant green to a deep deep red.  And, [...]

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dun-dun-dun!

(That is supposed to sound like the sound effect when something scary has or is about to happen) 
So, this morning when I was leaving the house at 6:50am (shoot me), I hopped in my car and turned on my wipers to wipe off what over the last few days has simply been condensation on the windshield.  [...]

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dog?!

People are just plain funny sometimes…and by funny, I hope you can guess that I actually mean something else.  Maybe some of you have seen this story about a US soldier in Iraq (from Minnesota, actually) who is trying to get permission to bring the dog she has adopted over there back here to the States. [...]

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Where to buy my food

When I lived over in Saint Paul I was a pretty faithful Rainbow Foods shopper.  Like most big metro areas (I’m guessing),the Twin Cities has two large grocery store chains: Cub and Rainbow.  For whatever reason, I just usually ended up at the Midway (Snelling and University) Rainbow store as opposed to the Cub, which was [...]

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The Pluses and Minuses of Perfection

I saw an article on Yahoo tonight that caught my attention.  My friend Emily spent almost two years in Nepal a few years ago and I remember her mentioning this practice of selecting a young girl to be worshipped as a living goddess.  While it sounds fancy and special, there are definitely some big trade-offs.  [...]

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Great eats in Minneapolis

If I had to choose, I’d probably say that Middle Eastern is my favorite type of food.  If you share my penchant for things like shwarma, falafel and lentil soup, then you MUST try out Java Restaurant.  My friend Sarah and I had lunch there yesterday and it was DELICIOUS and totally affordable.  It is located [...]

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