January 2025 – Judith Pettersen

The Box

I wish the title to this blog post was ‘The Boxer’ and, like Simon and Garfunkel, I’d have written one of the best songs ever. But no. This is about a box. Rather, it’s about how to lose your mind while trying to assemble the thing. I’m the chair of our church board (I know…Continue reading “The Box”

The Swedish

We had a hot tub in the house we moved from in 2005. It fit eight people and we used it regularly as a family. When winter rolled around, my husband Clarence liked to take what he called, ‘a Swedish.’ By this he meant that he was going to run naked around our back yard.Continue reading “The Swedish”