"Room 373," the hotel clerk said. I sighed with relief. I'd been staying at numerous hotels in the past year and trying to remember room numbers had become a nuisance. But 373 instantly registered as the number of the hymn, Beautiful Savior, in the red Psalter Hymnal of the church of my childhood. The hymn …
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A Tribute to My Sister Esther – 1937-2017
I have her shoes, the new white Skechers she’d packed carefully in her “wear home from the hospital” bag. There’s something not right about this. We did not expect her death. We were ecstatic when we heard her surgery for cancer was successful. We were relieved when she transferred out of ICU, then greatly worried …
Join South Dakota Authors Saturday – 3-25-17
Support many South Dakota authors on Saturday, March 25, from 10-3 at Prairie Hills Covenant Church off Hwy 11. Come for lunch and help out the PHC youth! My Caring Lessons: A Nursing Professor's Journey of Faith and Self will be there, along with a new collection of essays: Starting Over at Seventy-four: From a …
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Wintering in Warm Weather – Yes or No?
After a 30-day trial of wintering in warm weather, I’m not convinced. I find this humorous because this is something I’ve long wanted to do. When we lived downtown Chicago, leaving didn’t make sense, because we could always get out in the winter: public transportation and an undercity pedway made moving around relatively easy. But …
Growing Older: On Turning Seventy-five
Here I sit by a fire pit at a lovely resort in AZ thinking about turning seventy-five. What a year it has been. Last year, when I posted Growing Older: On Turning Seventy-four, I pondered what the next year might bring, not anticipating a move from Chicago to Sioux Falls, SD, and for sure not …
A little bit of kindness can go a long way…
I’ve had it with mudslinging, most of it untrue, and thought it would stop after the election, but it hasn't, so I want to write about being kind. I got the idea this morning when I was sitting in a coffee shop and overheard a conversation. A gal was interviewing for a job that could …
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Our First Day of “Brutal”
We'd been warned, of course. "Just wait," we'd heard. "Winters here are brutal." So it happened; winter started today. I awoke to my usual news station: sections of I-90 closed; schools closed across the state, from Rapid City on the west to us, Sioux Falls, on the east. All schools, I think, but my grandchildren's' …
From City Walker to Granny-on-the-go
After six weeks in our new home, I’d say most things are good but some things not. I’ll deal with a few “not’s” today. In my effort to be open to new experiences, I joined my daughter’s fitness center. To my surprise, my husband joined too. Not a problem really, but yesterday we had our …
The Move (8) — Settling In
I’m sitting here at my newly configured desk in our joint study in Sioux Falls that looks out on grass and trees—at least three evergreens and some maples, I think. I will learn more about the terrain as I go along. For now, I see green; no more skyscrapers, Lake Michigan or Millennium Park. Green …
Write Along with Me 