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December 10, 2009: Weather Sonata
As a devotee of Macintosh computers and an Apple stockholder, I was proud to be an early iPhone owner. Now, though iPhone users are legion, and available features multitudinous, my gadget's...
View ArticleDecember 15, 2009: Long Lasting Friends
A woman such as you, reciever of many blessings, Can, I know, courageously Undergo aggressive chemotherapy Treatment, Even long term treatment, with grace. Long, gray, hospital days include Yearning...
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December 20, 2009: Everyone Skate!
During the relaxation portion of Friday's yoga session, my fellow yoginis and I stretched out on our mats, snug and horizontal under our blankets. After a few moments of deep breathing, our teacher...
View ArticleDecember 24, 2009: A Touch of Scrooge
It’s The Most Difficult Time of the Year It’s the most difficult time of the year, With the relatives coming And all of that drumming To “Be of good cheer, It’s the most difficult time of the year....
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January 27, 2010: A Flight of Inspiration
Late last fall, I happened to see a photo of a gorgeous antique quilt scheduled for publication in a future Love of Quilting magazine issue. An unknown American maker appliquéd ten large eagles...
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February 22, 2010: The Shape of Our Hearts
When my longtime friend Valerie Fons learned we’d acquired a vacation cottage on Washington Island, Wisconsin, she whooped with joy. She and her family are full time Island residents, and our new home...
View ArticleApril 14, 2010: Run for Your Life
My daughter Mary is home in Winterset to tape some TV episodes with me. When she came flying down the escalator late last night at the Des Moines airport, we ran joyfully to each other's arms, thrilled...
View ArticleSeptember 17, 2010: My Personal Night Shift
Over the past few months I've been busy traveling, sewing, and doing research for a novel I hope to begin writing next year. My husband Mark and I visited France and Switzerland in May, and I spent a...
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November 9, 2011: Democracy in a Small Place
The only town where I've ever exercised my right to vote is Winterset, Iowa, county seat of Madison County, population 4978. At age 20, I moved here from Texas, where legal voting age had been 21. My...
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December 1, 2011: This Dog's Life
At the Iowa State Fair four or five years ago my husband Mark and I happened upon an agility exhibition sponsored by Des Moines Area Dog Obedience Club. We watched amazed, as handlers directed dogs...
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Who Did This?
My father James Graham was a skilled artist. As a commercial exhibit designer, in Houston he created displays for trade shows and conventions for clients such as NASA and oil industry giants like...
View ArticleScrabble (the dog)'s Quilt
Back in 2011, when Scrabble was just a puppy, and our hearts melted every time my husband Mark and I looked at her, I gifted her with a Log Cabin quilt I made in 1980—a small wall quilt, hand quilted!...
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