Spring break

Right now the actual temperature is 12 degrees below zero, and it’s 37 degrees below zero with wind chill.  All schools in Des Moines, and in much of Iowa, cancelled classes because of the temperature, not snow.  My puppy, Kooper, who loves the cold and snow, even knew something was different today, and I had …

Last spring break I went to Paris for the first time. With my (then) 17 year old daughter. To share the magnitude of this with you, please know that I’ve dreamed of going to Paris all my life and for lots of reasons (none really valid, but all very rational) I had never been. After …