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http://media.fccinteractive.com/voices/2461/50/50/ PEACE GARDEN MAMA
faith fridays: 'because she's happy'
I remember, as a child, seeing someone on television crying, and I couldn't figure out why. Everything about the circumstances seemed festive, positive. It might even have been Miss America accepting ...
5/11/12 at 12:06 AM
mama mondays: back to school 2011-12 8/29/11 at 12:01 AM
first day back and all's well 8/26/09 at 8:31 AM
http://media.fccinteractive.com/voices/1484/50/50/ RIDGEWATER COLLEGE
Excellent Employees Make an Excellent College!
Several Ridgewater staff and faculty have recently been recognized by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system (MnSCU) Board of Trustees for excelling in their job duties. Two Faculty Hon...
3/16/12 at 11:41 AM
http://media.fccinteractive.com/voices/2474/50/50/ FAIRLY CRAFTY
Baby's First Birthday
My baby turned one in February! It is hard to believe how a tiny newborn who was so helpless at first is now my little boy with tons of personality. We made some special plans to celebrate his first...
3/7/12 at 10:53 AM
Handprint Christmas Ornament 12/23/11 at 11:02 AM
http://media.fccinteractive.com/voices/436/50/50/ THE NEW FORTY
Allow me to be blunt...
Please do allow me to be blunt...the Blunt Amendment is an infringement on freedom and it has no place inan enlightened society. If you are unfamiliar with the Blunt Amendment, the shorthand summary ...
3/2/12 at 11:24 PM
Ten years. 9/11/11 at 7:05 AM
Jockeying for the First Lady position... 12/11/10 at 9:56 AM
http://media.fccinteractive.com/voices/2915/50/50/ THE SOCIAL GENERATION
My First Mac
My first Big Mac was delicious. My first Macbook is DEEELICIOUS. Earlier today I acquired my first Apple product since the iPod came out in 2001. I had a not so delicious experience with my previous ...
2/27/12 at 1:11 AM
http://media.fccinteractive.com/voices/2465/50/50/ THE VIEW FROM THE EDGE OF TOWN
Exercise Follow-up
I have received many emails and a few texts since I wrote about my exercise, or lack thereof. Some people thought my comments were funny, some thought I should take my comments and put them where e...
2/7/12 at 11:41 AM
Senior Truths 12/10/11 at 5:36 PM
11/23/11 at 12:13 PM
http://media.fccinteractive.com/voices/2528/50/50/ SLOWINGTHERACINGMIND
A Scarf?!?!?!
I have written in the past month or so about this strange revolution that has started taking place in my life. For the past several years, I have not worn a dress; I now have purchased three dresses i...
9/26/11 at 9:34 PM
http://media.fccinteractive.com/voices/2460/50/50/ FORUM MOM
A little off the top ...
I was a bald child.Only the faintestwisps of white-blond hair graced my head until I was about 3. Women used to ask my mom why she cut a little girl's hair so short. She hadn't, she'd tell them. I j...
10/26/10 at 4:56 PM
http://media.fccinteractive.com/voices/2459/50/50/ SHOOTIN' THE WIT
Homeownership and the changes that come with it
Growing up, my sister and I would do anything to avoid helping my parents with their yard. Any time Mom or Dad needed help hauling wood, mowing the lawn or taking the boat out of the lake, we would sw...
6/18/10 at 11:48 AM
The Dating Game 3/5/10 at 11:47 AM
http://media.fccinteractive.com/voices/1453/50/50/ FARSIDE.AREAVOICES.COM/
Robins and Easter Dinner Report
This morning, early, there were finally Robins in the yard..I took this photo through the window! It is official Spring is here..the Robins declare it so. I lost by only a couple of days this year. &...
4/5/10 at 3:53 AM
I say sNOw 10/10/09 at 5:08 AM
Fall Projects: Update 9/29/09 at 6:19 AM
http://media.fccinteractive.com/voices/437/50/50/ ON MY MIND
First Gardener Michelle Obama
As someone who loves gardening and enjoys eating organic home grown vegetables, I was very pleased to hear last spring that our First Lady Michelle Obama planted a garden in the South Lawn of the Whit...
11/22/09 at 6:26 PM