In The Middle Lane

The Minnesota Legislature continues to struggle with a bill for a new stadium.  There is strong public sentiment to not send the bill to tax...

Five years ago I lost a lot of weight.  85 pounds.  That was the easy part.  Keeping it off proved difficult.  I have dissolved in tears dur...

We keep an erratic sleep schedule at our house. My husband and I are often awake during the night and up a couple of hours reading or on o...

More from my nephew Peter's trip to China. He saw these "snacks" at the airport. Rabbit heads. Might be inappropriate to se...

Don't be overly concerned for me. I am in good health. However, I am moderately obsessed with Jeopardy. I have watched Jeopardy fo...

photo: left, cow stomach , piggy on right) Not "The" Hunger Games . I didn't read the series of books or see the...

We should have seen this coming. We live in a culture that is currently glorifying werewolves and vampires. In movies and on the tube they a...