It’s Okay If You Stay Here
It always seemed like such a project to put the hose away after I had finished watering in the yard. This was a task that offered no...
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Patty Ihm
Sep 18, 20174 min read
After Wendell
It’s no secret: I didn’t want him in the first place. Maybe that’s not really fair to say; the truth is that I wasn’t confident that I...
Patty Ihm
Sep 2, 20172 min read
What Lies Beyond
Bright butter and lavender together blended to nearly a muddy brown, nondescript, until I slowed a bit and let my eyes see what was...
Patty Ihm
Jul 29, 20173 min read
A Good Place to Hide
The lingering smell of a new coat of blacktop added an offputting layer to the earthy freshness of the morning prairie path before me....
Patty Ihm
Jul 4, 20175 min read
Bird Street: Retrospective
Though not exactly a historical scholar, I have always been drawn to things of the past. Four or five thrift and vintage stores are now...
Patty Ihm
Jun 24, 20173 min read
Ponies and Cupcakes: All Grown Up
How could a mother do that to her child? Why would a mother do that to her baby? How could it possibly be okay? We delighted in...
Patty Ihm
May 17, 20174 min read
Getting to the Other Side
The chickens cross the road for lots of reasons. It was unusually warm for late May. As I stole time in the garden on a Sunday morning,...
Patty Ihm
Apr 25, 20174 min read
Sand and Music
“It keeps changing fast, and it don’t last for long.” My mom loved the water. We traveled the country for many summers in our...
Patty Ihm
Mar 13, 20174 min read
Lions and Lambs
Darkness had already fallen when I finally made my way out to close the chicken door on this cold March night. I was almost startled by...
Patty Ihm
Mar 3, 20174 min read
What’s In Your Egg Basket?
Something happened. Something went wrong, or maybe it didn’t. Words that interrupted my idle thoughts as I stood at the kitchen sink, ...
Patty Ihm
Feb 12, 20172 min read
What I Hope You Will Know
Here is what I hope you will know: it is different. Raising babies that I have birthed is not the same as raising children not born to...
Patty Ihm
Dec 27, 20163 min read
Eggs in Winter
This Christmas season, there has been so much good. As I stare at the beautiful plate of sugary goodness: peppermint bark, frosted...
Patty Ihm
Dec 10, 20164 min read
Turtles, Chickens, and the Stuff In Between
The lagoon has always been one of my favorite spots. I have been to breathtaking European gardens and tropical sandy beaches, but...
Patty Ihm
Nov 30, 20164 min read
Going Home
My own words played incessantly in my head: so many years, so many services and specialists, twenty medications, and no answers. I...
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