It’s been very overwhelming, yet nice to know that other researchers here at ISU are willing to work with me on a multitude of projects. This semester I am hoping to get more extension and...

Updates need to be delivered through an Extension role such as Web pages, fact sheets or newsletters. I still work closely with the swine industry at the national level, including serving on the National Pork...

Their risk of heart disease is predicted to be higher.

She wasn’t crying, … Brandy said it hurt but, she was just sitting there staring ahead.

The very first bag was probably a fistful of skins tied to a bit of stick, a provisional container for food and flint. From these simple beginnings, the bag has blossomed into every form, color...

[Because] experts are too good at what they do, … Amateurs are always striving … This book is based on my mistakes as much as my accomplishments and I do not claim authority, just enthusiasm.

Women’s magazines punish us with their gorgeous photographs of Cameron Diaz’s ass and snappy diet ideas on the next page. I deliberately illustrated the book with generous thighs … and women in track pants. I...

I did the craft/home design and groovy decor bit of the show, … a lot of great information being exchanged between women.

My bottom is my deliquent daughter. I lavish praise upon her cheeks when she’s well behaved and when she gets out of control, I pretend she isn’t mine.

thinly disguised propaganda urging women to be decorative, toe the line and marry (rich).

I wonder what marriage does to a woman. I worry about role playing and loss of confidence and having to enact weird domestic rituals in order to be a good wife.

When people tell me to ‘get started,’ I think they are being incredibly blunt and presumptuous. Not everyone has their planets lined up for marriage and kids by their mid-30s and why should there be...

In an age when nobility has no true signature, an expensive designer bag is the most rapid social shorthand for status,

One step up from perfume, the handbag is also the most accessible item an ordinary working woman can afford from a very exclusive house. Status bags are a cheap thrill, comparatively speaking, for those who...