Beginning March 8, 2021, in Iowa, vaccine providers started providing the COVID-19 vaccine to individuals under age 65 with certain underlying health conditions. (Check the CDC's list to see if you qualify.) Many more of us are now eligible,...
Hi Mamas! How are you doing? Hanging in there? I find that some days I think "I can do this!" and other days I think "Who can do this?" Either way, it sounds like I'll be social distancing from everyone,...
This summer may look different, but there are still opportunities to support our area farmers and get fresh produce and meat on your table. Just as in every area of our lives right now, the information listed below may...
Unprecedented. Historic. The "new normal". Most overused terms in the past year? Yes. Accurate description of our lives? Also, yes! COVID-19, our political landscape, economic uncertainty, and racial reckoning . . . it's pretty heavy stuff. I've never been one to...
There was a reason my four-year-old had his own phone. It just wasn't a good one. When my husband and I got new phones, we kept the old ones for an upcoming vacation. It would be our first flight in...
My deadline has come and gone, and yet I still stare at a blank screen without a clue as to what I should write. It generally helps to start with a theme or a topic, but even that evades...
With so many events and plans canceled, even those of us continuing to work outside the home likely have extra time on our hands. At the same moment, it may prove difficult to focus in the face of so...
Many of your cherished family holiday traditions may not be possible this year — we can't safely gather indoors with extended family groups, large public events have been cancelled, many businesses are closed or have limited access. Use this opportunity...
Coronavirus. When you hear the word, what does it make you think and how does it make you feel? At first, I felt like this is no big deal. It will pass. The media is blowing this way out...
In honor of Father’s Day, and after an extra-long year of pandemic parenting together, I want to talk about all the reasons why my husband is not a goofy, bumbling caricature dad like you see in commercials, TV shows,...

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