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“Sure,” I said after my friend asked me to watch her plants while she’s out of town for three weeks. I felt I could handle the job because I’ve kept an…
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When I was little, I remember whiling away summer evenings by catching fireflies. Dorothy and I would carefully place the fireflies in a clean pickle jar.…
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Growing up in the 60s and 70s in a Methodist church was an entirely different experience than what I witnessed a few weeks ago. The church I attended when…
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“I had four caesareans, breast surgery, stomach surgery, back surgery and both knees replaced…” I heard this from behind a thin curtain at physical…
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Besides the fact that dogs are known as man’s best friend, there is much we can learn from our four-legged friends. When I take Zoe outside, she stops…
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Rosie Klepper is a writer and editor. Her work has appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times, Iowa City Magazine, University of Iowa’s Alumni Magazine and the…