One of the very best things about the summer of ’13 for Kathy and me is that we were able to attend two lovely weddings on consecutive weekends in August - and in a summer when there’s been a little too much sadness and sorrow, it has been great to have these two occasions to
Whenever I am back in the Decorah area for any reason or for any length of time, I am always tempted to get in my car and drive 14 miles south to a charming little town called Spillville and visit the Bily Clocks. It’s a place I remember visiting back in my elementary school
This past week was one of those weeks when life seemed to most resemble a certain distinctive black and white checkerboard I remember from my childhood (with gold and purple rather than black and red checkers.) Those black and white squares (rather than the black and red squares of a more traditional board) strike me
