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Can we 'talk trash' for a minute? Years ago I lived in a community that only allowed one 33-gallon bag of garbage per week. (I…

A few weeks ago, I was mowing. In Iowa, mowing is a fact of life. We were months into the spring season and rain and…

Wouldn’t it be nice if we could just push an ESCAPE button? That’s how I felt on a particular evening in 1998. My kids were…

Many years ago, I lived in 'Crazy Town.' I was a full-time, stay-at-home mom for seven years. By 1995, I had four young children, a…

I think it’s safe to say I’m shaking in my tennis shoes. This ‘feels’ like my first day of kindergarten. I’ve just read articles on…