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Faith, Healing, Home, retirementunscripted

Sick and Tired

Catherine Benner / June 21, 2026

Returning and Recovery We returned from Cozumel very early last Saturday morning. (6/13/2026) Thursday morning I was rudely reminded why […]

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Family, Home, retirementunscripted

Someone Really Needs to Dust This Place

Catherine Benner / January 24, 2026

Someone Really Needs to Dust This Place While talking with a friend recently, I stopped mid sentence to sneeze. And

A man sledding with his grandson on a snowy day during an Illinois winter

Family, Home, Retirement

On a Snowy Afternoon in Illinois

Catherine Benner / January 18, 2026

I grew up on the prairie of southern Minnesota during what I sometimes call the “Ice Age”. This was a