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We made our annual trip to a potato festival in Barnesville, Minnesota, in August. I enjoyed my bowl of potato dumplings.

My personal connection with adoption began nearly 30 years ago. As my mentor, Dr.

As a horticulturist, I have seen more than my fair share of strained marriages. My favorite story was told to great effect during a funeral luncheon. The deceased had accidentally filled his lawn sprayer with glyphosate, a herbicide that kills everything, rather than a selective lawn herbicide that only kills weeds. The resulting dead lawn created more than a little marital friction as humorously recounted by his son decades later. Fortunately, the marriage survived and the story provided a moment of levity during the funeral.

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School is back in session, so it is time for a little pop quiz. What is an item that almost every student carries? If you said backpack, you are off to a great start. Do you know what it takes to be at the head of the class? Let’s find out if you are a star student or need to brush up a little on your backpack knowledge. Most students carry a backpack filled with their books at some point during their school day. Did you know a heavy backpack can cause neck, shoulder, or back pain. Those narrow straps can also compress on nerves in the shoulder, leading to arm numbness, tingling, or weakness. Overweight backpacks can also change the center of balance making it easier to trip. Here is the first quiz question. A student’s backpack should not weigh more than what percentage of the student’s weight? A) 50%, B) 25%, or C) 15%? Answer: (C) The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that a backpack weigh no more than 15% of a child’s weight. For example, a 60 pound child’s backpack should weigh no more than 9 pounds.

“You’ll never guess what I found behind the shed…another peony,” I shouted to my husband. This makes the tenth peony we have found in a random location around our backyard. Considering the peony is growing right next to my compost bin, I am not planning on keeping it there. Add that to the lilies I found along the fence line, the iris in the middle of the yard and the surprise tulips that popped up this spring in the front of the house, I have enough flowers to fill in some of the bare spots in my landscaping.

I picked up some dill pickle-flavored chips the other day. The chips were crisp, tart and a bit addictive.

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It is miraculous to consider how much access and exposure we have to information through our computers, phones, televisions, radios and newspapers. Unfortunately, we need to be on guard because too much of this buzz can be false information.