On the hot seat

This week's column piece is up: On the hot seat.

I go back to my childhood and explore all the creative seating a large family invents up in order to make more for everyone.

Have a great holiday!

Busy little bee

I've been a busy little girl of late so have a few things to update!

First, you can read this week's column in the Western Itasca Review HERE. I talk about the highs and lows of the week I just spent with my daughter in the hospital.

You can also listen to last's week radio essay for KAXE, I read the piece I wrote about Rose and her good idea. Go HERE.

And if you missed my interview this morning on KAXE you can still listen to it here. I'm on after the 42 minute mark. We went over the hour a little bit so the last few minutes were cut off but all the rest is HERE.  Enjoy! 

As always, join me on FACEBOOK to stay up to date on everything that is happening! 


And lastly I'd like to say "Happy Birthday!" to my son Jarod! 

Embracing Winter

I'm not going to lie. My first winter in Minnesota was not what I would call fun. I don't think you would label it was such either, unless your idea of a good time is staring out the window in shock, never feeling warm, and crying a lot. It wasn't pretty.

 (This is me. My first winter here. Glaring at the snow.)

So. This winter I decided that instead of trying to hide from the elements...I need to embrace them.

With the help of KAXE's listeners this is going to be a winter where I throw myself out there and test out a few different winter activities. "When in Rome" so to speak.

So tune into KAXE this Friday as I'll be on the morning show all ready to hear suggestions for winter thrills. I'll pick a few of them to do and afterwards let everyone know how it went. You'll get firsthand knowledge of what a newbie thinks of winter. In other words, you'll get to tease me, laugh with me, and shake your head at my inexperience. And that's sure to chase away the winter blues!

So tune into KAXE this Friday to join in the fun.
You can also leave your winter ideas on their FACEBOOK page.

Thanks for helping me learn that these crazy winters can be amazing! 

Old moives, new skills

This week I open up my heart to you a little and let you peek into the life of my son, specifically his relationship to movies and how they changed his life. It's an emotional piece so you might want to have a tissue handy.

You can read all about it in this week's column in the Western Itasca Review: HERE.

Or you can listen to me read it over at KAXE: HERE.

Enjoy.

The Perfect Treat

I have two treats for you today!

You either READ "The Perfect Treat" in the Western Itasca Review or you can LISTEN to me read it over at KAXE 91.7fm.

Actually, I guess I have three treats for you because here are some random photos of the children in Halloween costumes!:-)

This week's column

"Join the dark side" was published today in the WIR.

I talk about shopping with the kids and a dark chocolate face mask...of sorts.

My son wears it better than I do. :-)

Enjoy!

Thought Train

On the right track ran in the WIR today. I talk about trains, and their effect on us. How they pull on us. I think it goes back to the 1800s. Up until that point travel was slow and often impossible for some. "Sure, I'd love to go west but the risk of dying is just not worth it." But then there were trains and, if you could afford it, you could be somewhere in days instead of months and everyone would listen to those train whistles and dream, wanting to follow. A pied piper of sorts. Sure, we have better ways to travel now but our souls still respond to those blasts.

Actually, I don't think we have better travel. For me anyway, as I get such horrible motion sickness. Car, buses, and airplanes leave me curled up in a ball wishing to be in a coma. But, when we lived in the UK you could travel by train and they didn't make me sick and they were so spacious! You've seen Harry Potter, their train with the individual compartments? Yeah, they are really nice, it's like sitting in a living room. And that's amazing, to be able to travel while sitting in your living room. :-)

Here are a couple photos we've taken down by the train tracks.