Blog What I learned from Mrs. Grierson*That Alice Kirk Grierson loved her husband is clear from the letters she sent him, full of devotion that wasn't…James C. SchaapAugust 5, 2022
Blog At the ReceptionThat she might marry seemed so unlikely that the possibility never even arose. Her physical condition--she's a quad, has been…James C. SchaapJuly 8, 2022
Blog “Act Accordingly”"You're going to be someone's ancestor--act accordingly." A big guy--I didn't catch his name, but I'm sure he's someone with…James C. SchaapJune 24, 2022
Blog A Lake of Black EarthYou simply had to know. Most of those who traveled the two-lane highways I did across the state last weekend…James C. SchaapJune 10, 2022
Blog The view from the old log churchHe was just eleven years old. He was at the post office on a Saturday, a place where, back then,…James C. SchaapMay 27, 2022
Blog One cold morning in BelgiumIt's not that Patton was a good man--that's not why his troops loved him. He wasn't. It's not that he…James C. SchaapMay 13, 2022
Blog Dr. SueSusan La Flesche Picotte simply could not have dreamed of a hospital as a child. She wouldn't have known what…James C. SchaapApril 29, 2022
Blog Nostalgia or principle?I'm quite sure I didn't leave them an option. I sent them off on a Saturday afternoon for a performance…James C. SchaapApril 15, 2022
Blog Highs and lowsI don't want to be disagreeable. I may be feeling this way, as if I'm on track toward irascibility, given…James C. SchaapApril 1, 2022
Blog Prayer for a BlessingIt was never an easy thing to do. . .heroic?—yes, but never particularly easy. Even though they had no idea…James C. SchaapMarch 18, 2022