For a long time now, I’ve known that God got it right when He decided that young women would be the ones bearing children. That was reinforced last week after a day caring for my three-year-old granddaughter at my house. Her energy all day was at an awesome level. I’d forgotten that ...

I could spot him from the across the store. Trademark bib overalls and plaid flannel shirt ̶ it had to be Ebeneezer Griper. Eb was surveying the candy inventory as I approached and stuck out my hand. “Howdy, Eb!” I said with a smile. “You and that stupid grin,” Eb scowled. ...

Kendall Young Library is having a ton of awesome programs during the month of February. I just want to make sure you all know about them. I have listed a few below. We also have them listed on all our social media, at the library, and on our website: Do you like board games? How about life ...

The best time to prune grapevines in Iowa is late winter or early spring. Pruning can start in late February and should end by early April. Grapevines pruned during this time frame may bleed heavily. However, this bleeding of sap will not cause harm the vines. The main reason for pruning ...

Though I have never aspired to be an actor, life has brought along a few such opportunities. Our eighth grade class presented a really stupid (but fun) one-act hillbilly comedy and I enjoyed roles in high school plays. Other opportunities came along outside of school. When I was 16 the ...

I’ve been spending lots of time at the laptop keyboard recently, most of it doing something productive. But sometimes one needs to take a break and check out what’s out there just waiting for discovery on the world-wide web. I came across one site that had a page on the topic of ...