Reunions are a pretty amazing concept when you think about it. Bringing together all those old and new folks from all branches of a family. Gathering the brood.

It’s graduation time, and my youngest daughter is graduating from her K-8 school this spring. The school holds a ceremony and provides a cake, and the parents fill in the dessert buffet with other treats and snacks.

Fall is such a beautiful time isn’t it? Spring usually gets pegged as the season when "love is in the air," but as a couple who got engaged in late autumn, Ryan and I can really appreciate how romantic the turning leaves and cozy atmosphere can be.

My church owns a summer camp on a beautiful lake just about 2 hours north of the Twin Cities. This camp, Camp Ojibway, holds many very special memories for my family. I attended as a child, went on to be a counselor as a college student, met my husband there, sent my boys as campers and now they have both served as counselors too.

Once in a while, along comes a recipe that is so good it becomes a favorite. Old-World Raspberry Bars is one of those recipes. This recipe has been a part of the Land O’Lakes recipe files for over 30 years. It is one of those “most requested” recipes that our Consumer Affairs respondents know immediately – even if the caller can’t remember the name.