Once upon a time in Omaha

I received an email overnight with a link to an obituary for former Nebraska Senator Dave Karnes and the memory floodgates burst open. My early post-graduate life in Omaha came spilling out with people and places and extraordinary experiences that continue to shape me today. My uncle was friends with a woman who was putting

Out of Season

We had our first measurable snow in Iowa early this week. It’s only mid-October but the snow and cold felt like winter. I rather enjoy it in its season, but I love October more. The colors, the trees, the crisp air that calls for sweaters, football…I’ve always been an October person. Everything this year is

E pluribus unum

I’m 56 and the first time I was eligible to vote in a general election was 1984. I have voted in every single one since. The recent presidential elections have been historic and certainly felt that way when I voted. The first African-American president, the possibility of the first female president, and now, it doesn’t

Going bionic

All the cool kids are getting arthritic joints replaced these days. More than one million total joint replacements are performed in the U.S. annually, according to The American Joint Replacement Registry at the National Center for Biotechnology Information. This number is forecast to quadruple in the next ten years with an estimated four million total