As Terry and I have ventured out on long road trips, we have invented a game to while away the hours. It first came to us as we were crossing the vast expanse of pretty flat southern Minnesota along I-90. The road signs caught my attention – the road signs naming the towns at each…
Valentine’s Day was my favorite non-get-out-of-school holiday when I was a kid. It seems like we started celebrating days if not weeks ahead as the teacher would take us through the steps to make our very own valentine receptacles. Sometimes they were simply made out of shoe boxes. But the ones I loved the most…