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Patty Ihm
- Mar 2
- 3 min
Wildflowers
“Farewell today Travel on now Be on your way” I have wondered for a time now about the designers of Kleenex boxes. The goal of Kleenex is...
Patty Ihm
- Jan 16
- 3 min
Mac and Cheese
From my college days, I have loved going to estate sales. There's something about history, life, and the mystery of not really ever being...
Patty Ihm
- Jan 1
- 3 min
Chicken House
Fall honey is different than early-season honey. Some have likened the smell of the former to dirty gym shoes. Fall honey is complex,...
Patty Ihm
- Sep 11, 2023
- 3 min
Pee-wee and the Swarm
Maybe they timed their flight from the hive to match my morning round of chores. Maybe they wanted me to see them go, majestic as glitter...
Patty Ihm
- Feb 17, 2022
- 2 min
Lost, For a Little While
It was easier when I could just carry them. With both the trusted old purple hiking backpack and my Ergo newborn front carrier strapped...
Patty Ihm
- Dec 25, 2021
- 3 min
Christmas Past
For thirty years, we stuffed envelopes with photographs of children of various shapes and sizes, bedecked in some sort of holiday cheer...
Patty Ihm
- Jan 25, 2021
- 3 min
Bumblefoot and Bread
I brought her in the house to die, but she didn’t. Rosalina is one of my original twelve hens…actually eleven, because Wendell turned out...
Patty Ihm
- Oct 17, 2019
- 3 min
Darkness and Light
My mom sent a photo. It’s hard even to think of my parents as senior citizens, though I am nearly one myself. The image shows...
Patty Ihm
- Aug 10, 2019
- 4 min
The Purple Couch
The purple couch was like an old friend. It accepted us, its people, where we were, with our dirty baseball cleats, fevers, and bad...
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