Mowing grass is pretty much like washing dishes. As you mow, you think how good it looks when the yard is done, and how you…
by Joanne Wiklund Our personal affairs these days are still conducted on the phone, not always online. I’m a holdout. I listen to the phone ring…
by Joanne Wiklund I spent time last Friday in the Cordova Cemetery. I reflected on the stones set there through the years. As a youth, every day…
by Joanne Wiklund Sometimes small things trigger a memory so vivid you wonder how that happens. Not necessarily something traumatic. Good times with family, all of…
by Joanne Wiklund In the midst of all the storms taking place in weather around us, storms of life continue unabated. Family and friends are suffering…
by Joanne WiklundGraduation can be such an exciting time in an everyday world. For anyone who graduates from school, work, career education, the end of…
by Joanne Wiklund When our children were small, we visited my grandmother in Des Moines. The trip was tough on our little guy, who was always…
by Joanne Wiklund A ride through the countryside on a fairly cool day was such a good eye opener. I know it’s Spring, but not traveling…
by Joanne Wiklund May is my very favorite month of the year, with flowers blooming, grass my choice of color: Fresh Green. Celebrations abound: graduations, weddings,…
by Joanne Wiklund Spring is really here even if I did see snowflakes just a short time ago. I thought the birds have been awfully quiet…