Our ability to breathe is something we take for granted, though our lives depend upon it. If you've ever found yourself momentarily oxygen-deprived-- perhaps while diving to the deep end of the swimming pool to retrieve a lost cell-phone-- going just a minute or so without breathing truly puts this gift of respiration into perspective.... Read More

Today is the Monday following the Oscars, Hollywood's biggest night. And while not everyone actually lives in Hollywood or gets invited back to Jack's for s'mores and checkers, many of us pretend we do. Which means Monday morning can come awfully darn early in Des Moines. When you wake up, freezing, dehydrated, with a pounding... Read More