In My Own Words, Lifestyle

Happy 168th Homecoming, Cornell College

Happy 168th Homecoming to Cornell College. I doubt they've had 168 homecoming celebrations. Did homecoming even exist in 1853? (Cornell University sure didn't. Ha! We're the older, smaller, and better (not a subjective opinion, at all) cousin—literally—in Iowa. Easily confusable, I know.) As a die-hard alum, I filled my house with flowers in school colors in honor of homecoming.

Books, NonFiction

Confronting Death in It’s Your Funeral by Kathy Benjamin

With a sense of humor, Kathy Benjamin prepares her readers for the one completely unavoidable consequence of living: death. We can't control what happens once we're gone, but with a little bit of preparedness, we can sure try. Also write your damn will.