Photo: Tree Frog

For the past summer our house has been a place for these tree frogs to catch their nights delight. It’s suspicious because for the past 18-19 years we’ve lived here they haven’t shown themselves, and then all of a sudden this summer there are between five and seven of them. Most of the time on…

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Carissa Kay’s Day!

Today at half past noon in St. Cloud, Minnesota my high school friend, Carissa Goertz became Carissa Kay Allen. It was so surreal and great at the same time. I had never met her husband, Jeff, until today and so was a bit concerned. After hearing his family and friends talk of him there is…

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Date Week w/ Jordan!

It’s been a week since I picked Jordan up from the airport. I had it all planned out, I would fly to Chicago for a daytrip I needed to have (my passport was at the French consulate there) and could then meet here coming out of her gate in Minneapolis. Great idea except that her…

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