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I’d like to send my condolences to the family members, friends, and colleagues of Stephen Scott, who died last week. You can click here for his obituary. I got to know Stephen Scott when I was doing my internship at the Young Center. I could usually count on him when I needed help with anything,…

Warm wishes for a Joyful Christmas from my home to yours. Here are a few images of our Christmas this year. Don’t you love our scraggly little tree? I’m not actually sure how that made it home with us, but here it is! David made this beautiful cherry shelf for spices for our kitchen. What…

After Iowa, David and I drove to Missouri to see my Mennonite cousins, aunt, and uncle. We went to the reception of my cousin Martha's youngest daughter, Miriam's wedding. And I thought Amish weddings were big! Here are some pictures taken at the wedding: Three-hundred people attended the wedding    A glimpse of the bride…

I did two talks in Iowa — the first one on Coralville, the second in Independence. There was a downpour at the time of the talk in Coralville, which resulted in three inches of water in the parking lot at the library. I imagine more people would have showed up if the weather had been…

Neither David nor I had ever been to Minnesota, so we were both looking forward to stopping there on our book tour. We drove into Minnesota from LaCrosse, Wisconsin, as I mentioned in my earlier post.   I spoke at two venues in Minnesota, one in Owatonna, the other in Spring Grove. On our way…

Our household is one of more than 2 million that were without electricity (some still are). When I heard that we were going to get hit with a snowstorm, my first reaction was, “A snowstorm! in October?” I was in complete denial and so I didn’t go grocery shopping. On Saturday night we lost our…

  On our Midwest trip, David and I traveled from Indiana to Wisconsin right through Chicago. There is something about traveling through big cities that make me nervous, but I am fortunate to have David for a traveling partner, for he doesn't mind doing the hard driving. I took some shots from the car window…

David has posted some new designs on his blog — or should I say the same designs, but he is now also offering them as Christmas ornaments. You can click here to visit his blog. And here is a sneak preview: Aren’t they adorable? I feel very honored that for the last 25 years, David’s…