Yesterday, it snowed all day. It was a lovely powdery sn0w, the type that glistens under the full moon, if there had been a full moon. I love to look at that sort of snow. It makes the world look as if it had gone to sleep. So yesterday, I decided to take a walk […]
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My family loves fresh, homemade applesauce. During the fall, I had the opportunity to use apples from the tree in front of the house. Now that those apples are gone, we have to go to the store to buy apples. So, for yesterday’s applesauce, I used five types of apples: Jonagold, Empire, Macintosh, Granny Smith,
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On Sunday, I went straight to the bike path after church. It was a warm, delightful day, with a high temperature at nearly 60 degrees. The snow had melted days ago, and it was time for a delightful January thaw. Earlier in the morning, the day didn’t look quite as promising, with rain and even
Thanksgiving Day was warm and sunny, a good day to take a walk before settling down to the Big Job at hand (eating lots of food with family). I chose to walk down Grand Island’s linear bike path and into Buckhorn Island State Park. Buckhorn Island State Park is a restored wetland that is comprised
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On November 3rd, it was cold and windy. That was the day chosen for the tree planting. For some reason, tree planting days are always cold and windy. I am now a member of the Tree Planting Committee. We travel around our community and plant trees, sort of like Johnny Appleseed. Well almost. We planted
Roy Gerard, age 24, March 1944 Christmas 2011 When I was a little girl, I loved to go to my dad’s office and watch him work on enormous adding machines. He entered the numbers and then pushed a big button. A huge noise ensued and then the answer appeared on the tape that came out
The rain came sideways and water pooled on the Glacial Drumlin bike path somewhere between Cottage Grove and Lake Mills, Wisconsin. As I walked on the gravely surface, hail as large as peas suddenly pelted me from all sides. Despite wearing good quality rain gear, I was soon drenched. It was the second day of
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On May 1st, I went with my friend Joy First to the sing-along at the Rotunda of the Wisconsin state capitol, in Madison. This sing-along has occurred every day since March of 2011. It features enthusiastic singing of old labor standards with updated lyrics. Many of the song lyrics recommend the immediate departure of office
On Sunday, I am traveling to Madison,Wisconsin, to join a group from Voices for Creative Nonviolence. We will start walking on May 1st in Madison and we will arrive in Chicago on May 18th. I am looking forward to this adventure, as we will walk through some of the same places that we visited on
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I’ve been taking walks and am getting ready for a long walk, from Madison, Wisconsin, to Chicago, Illinois, next month with Voices for Creative Nonviolence. The walk will be called “Chicago at the Crossroads: Turn Against War.” It starts on May 1st and ends on May 18th. It will be nice to explore the midwest
