snow hiatus

Sometimes, believe it or not, I get to shed the fleece neck warmer, red boots, scarf, and two pairs of gloves and cover something inside. Recently,

Send off ceremony for a National Guard unit, being deployed to the Sinai Peninsula. It's this mother's first deployment in 15 years.


the Icky (Iowa Cultural Corridor) Awards, complete with red carpet.


Two top-ranked basketball teams -- and this star player fouled out with a few minutes left, and spent it watching his team lose.


.. and a press conference.