Tractors, Travel and Tomorrow
This week my mind has wandered many directions. As I continue my farm week, I am thinking tonight about tractors. Also I am pondering how [...]
Enjoying our Day on a Nebraska Farm
My grandpa was a farmer. My two uncles have also farmed at various times. In fact, while I never met them, three of my great [...]
The Nebraska First Lady & the Mansion Anniversary Celebration
One does not often have a party for house. But First Lady Sally Ganem (wife of Governor Dave Heineman) decided that 56 years of having [...]
Flashback Friday: Fabled Flats, Fortune, Failure, Frame-able
Seventeen years later I still remember the places to stop. Having gone away to the Twin Cities for college, I came to know that roads [...]
Flinging Farewell to Nebraska Summer: Frisbee Face-off at High Noon
Around here, schools are gearing up to start back again next week. (As opposed to homeschooling, where often school never really stops, just the degree [...]
Park for Pioneers: Lincoln’s Wildlife Refuge
Park for Pioneers: Lincoln’s Wildlife Refuge Does being around people too long make you claustrophobic? Would you love to see prairie instead of buildings? Would [...]
Czech out the Costumes: Nebraska History Trunks
Czech out the costumes! Have you ever wanted to experience history as opposed to only reading about it? The Nebraska History Museum actually has trunks [...]
Wilber Czech Festival for Children
After all of this writing about the Nebraska Czech community, I know that I want our family to attend the Czech Festival sometime. (Due to [...]
Flashback Friday: See you at the Sokol (cultural gymnastics in Nebraska)
Having moved several times in my lifetime, I know that there are certain things that I would never trust to be packed by "professionals." Precious [...]
Poppy Seed Kolaches: Nebraskans Eating Czech
Growing up, many of my family's celebrations included traditional Swedish foods. Until I met my husband, I had never tried kolaches, a traditional Czech pastry. [...]