When my parents celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary I thought they were as old as the hills. It seems unfathomable that this weekend my husband and I celebrated our 40th anniversary. Our six kids see us as old as the hills now. Mostly they had a lot of questions. The photo of our large…

One of the best purchases I have made since having my son is a portable breast pump. Any mom who’s been in the same situation understands that dealing with cups and hoses while being plugged into the wall is a frustration. These individual pumps are small, discreet and easy to use. But the b…

Have you heard that in the next 10 years, cellphone towers will tower above all of the areas where playgrounds now exist and those playgrounds will be transformed into cellphone lots?

The long days of summer will soon be here. Some of us take advantage of all the extra sunshine by taking time to relax, lounging outside and reading a great novel. Others of us can’t wait to use those extra daylight hours to pack each day with projects and adventures. Regardless of which cam…

I’m sure you’ve all heard at least one story of police brutality.

I’m tempted. I really am. But no, I won’t succumb to temptation and open the box.

I’ve eaten fried ice cream, rolled ice cream, ice cream cut up on a stone, snow ice cream and ice cream made in a plastic bag. We’ve made many quarts of our own ice cream with an electric ice cream maker using more real cream than we should but enjoying it all the more when we did. So I’m wo…

There are a lot of new and exciting things happening at the Norfolk Senior Center. First of all, we want your blood!

A newly proposed bill has been recently brought to my attention. According to a 2022 article by Paul Hammel, Legislative Bill 496 suggests that Nebraska should collect the DNA of perpetrators of violent crimes.

Legislative Bill 496, which would allow law enforcement to collect DNA samples from those accused of felonies, made its way through Nebraska’s Legislature this past session. Collected samples would be fed into a federal database and assist law enforcement in closing a number of yet-unsolved …

A legislative bill was discussed in the Nebraska Unicameral regarding the collection of DNA samples of people accused of crimes. Current state laws are allowing DNA samples to be taken after a person is convicted of crime. This bill would require collecting DNA samples from suspects arrested…

I am very, very bad at geography — but did my high school social studies teacher have to humiliate me in front of my classmates?

Mother’s Day is upon us, so let’s celebrate a few of the great mothers of literature. I’ll begin with books that I enjoyed reading to my children in my role as their mother.