Valerie Brown-Kuchera
Host and writer, Little Spouse on the PrairieHost of Little Spouse on the Prairie, a regional comedy feature that airs Sundays at 8:35 a.m. during Weekend Edition.
Find out more about her program here!
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Nearly every evening, Joel delivers snacks and drinks to our bed. He has learned that it’s just easier to do it before I start begging and finding excuses as to why I can’t go myself. Because I am the queen of waiting him out. -
Spring cleaning often brings a variety of small projects to our yard and home. Every year, I make a resolution that this spring, I’ll be satisfied with… -
As the school year draws to a close, my kids are feeling the anticipation. Indeed, they are almost giddy. I am too. Those first joyful nine seconds of… -
Last week, I talked about how poor Joel, rather than admit defeat in the face of a broken icemaker, secretly delivered ice from the garage freezer for…
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I do not like kitchen gadgets. I never owned an electric can-opener; I never got on the salad shooter wagon; I never bought a set of Ginsu knives; and I… -
Last week I talked about how my teenaged daughter thinks she needs a hedgehog despite the fact that we have a perfectly nice dog. I thought I had better… -
We have a perfectly good dog. She’s a nine-year-old Siberian husky named Juneau. Her arrival in our lives coincides with my last weak moment.What I love… -
This month on Little Spouse on the Prairie, we are sharing funny stories of pranks and tricks in honor of April Fool’s Day. Continuing with the theme of… -
I don’t respond well to practical jokes. Typically, I have a pretty violent response. My hope is always that, when these pranksters see how startled I am… -
When Joel and I got married several years ago, he had never attended an estate auction. Weirdly, he wasn’t even interested in digging through other…
