Science Can Be Fun AND Easy!
I always found textbook explanations for autumn's changes too hard and sciencey. I want someth…
Julia, Slow Down!
One minute she's slipping the skins off the pearl onions, the next she's quartered the mush…
Burn Barrel
Holy smoke. This is the way I remember it. How ours looked, in the back yard, behind the elm tree, …
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No Jellybeans On Easter.
I couldn't find our Easter baskets. They're either in the garage, buried under a pile of boxes and probably all…
Don't You Want To Sing With Heino?
I have Germanic ancestry in my blood but I swear to god sometimes I don't understand the German people at all.
How I Came To Be Crowned Chili Queen
It started with that trip through the bean aisle of Hyvee, when I picked up two 30 oz. cans of chili beans and said, &q…
The Physics Of A Falling Coffee Cup
On Tuesday this incredible thing happened at work. I didn't think such a thing was possible. The laws of falling bo…
Dirty Water
This is one of my favorite songs from the 60's. We had the 45 when I was a kid. I listened to it in the basement ag…
