“What Cannot Be Cured Must Be Endured” By Maureen Eich VanWalleghan
February 11th, 2015
“What cannot be cured must be endured,” so says Laura Ingalls Wilder in the Little House On Rocky Ridge series. Of course it is an English proverb and well known to an older generation. It is a helpful thought for me at this moment.My husband is working up in North ...
A Good Book by Conlee Ricketts
February 10th, 2014
[caption id="attachment_17176" align="alignleft" width="222"] PIE by Sarah Weeks[/caption] Last year my daughter read PIE by Sarah Weeks. She brought it home on Library Day and read it cover to cover. She tried to explain the story and how great it was and why she liked it, and I tried to follow ...
What Was She Thinking? by Conlee Ricketts
November 25th, 2013
I enjoy finding the silver linings. You might call me a cautious optimist, but as I write this I am fully expecting to be here in Columbus missing Thanksgiving with my father, brother, his wife, one of my nieces and her husband. I had planned on being there for the ...
My Mom’s Crush by Conlee Ricketts
November 4th, 2013
My mom loved Clark Gable. I knew this growing up because it was a running joke between my mom and dad. I never asked her about it but I should have. My mom died when I was 32 and she was 59. This was five years before I even had ...
