View from the Ridge

Oct 13, 2020

Where Are Your Sisters?

Who are your sisters? Where are they now? This is not a rhetorical question. It’s been over six months of isolation for many of us, cut...

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Maggie Wallem Rowe

Oct 8, 2020

Facing Down 2020: Bear Necessities

So how’s this year gone for you so far? Bit of a bear? Are you raring for New Year’s Eve to arrive so you can put on your party hat and...

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Is Someone You Know Experiencing a Marriage Under Stress?

Maggie Wallem Rowe

Sep 29, 2020

Is Someone You Know Experiencing a Marriage Under Stress?

Yesterday, Mike was finally able to see a dentist for a tooth that shattered last December, a month in which we lost three beloved...

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The One Question You Never Want to be Asked. Or Maybe You Do.

Maggie Wallem Rowe

Sep 22, 2020

The One Question You Never Want to be Asked. Or Maybe You Do.

Is there one question casual acquaintances ask that makes you want to slap them silly? Metaphorically, of course. If you’ve been married...

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Maggie Wallem Rowe

Sep 15, 2020

Yes, Trespassing

Other than being pulled over a time or two for hurrying on the highway, my husband has never come close to being arrested. Until now. We...

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Cats, Moonshine, and Conspiracy Theories

Maggie Wallem Rowe

Sep 7, 2020

Cats, Moonshine, and Conspiracy Theories

[If you live within driving distance of Wheaton, Illinois, you are warmly invited to my Book Signing Celebration on Thursday evening. See...

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Maggie Wallem Rowe

Sep 2, 2020

Are We Living in the Last Days?

Let me guess. If there’s one word we’re all ready to retire in 2021, it’s the word unprecedented. To be without precedent is to be novel,...

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