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Oct 21, 20212 min read

Marfa's Mysterious Lights

There’s a line in Miranda Lambert’s song, In His Arms, that references the Marfa lights: Is he praying for rain out in West Texas? Is he...

Oct 11, 20213 min read

Comanche National Museum & Johnny Depp?

Sitting in a Tulsa, Oklahoma, hotel room recently I was doing what most of us do when killing time these days, aimlessly scrolling...

Oct 8, 20213 min read

A Very Big Thing for Neglected Animals

Mary’s Farm Sanctuary recently posted a photo on Facebook of their newest adoption, a senior horse that will someday again, be beautiful....

Oct 5, 20214 min read

Starry, Starry Night, Immersively

Starry, starry night Paint your palette blue and grey Look out on a summer's day With eyes that know the darkness in my soul Vincent -...

Sep 16, 20213 min read

Working On the Chain Gang

Images of Paul Newman and Cool Hand Luke came to mind as I drove down a short Louisa County Iowa highway recently. More appropriately...

Sep 10, 20214 min read

Post-9/11 Tour and Where To See Steel From WTC

Where were you 20 years ago when you heard the news? Anyone old enough to remember back that far knows exactly where they were when those...

Sep 8, 20216 min read

A Tipi, Iowa Prairie and a Whole Lot of Ants

Close your eyes, well not literally because I want you to keep reading but play along, and imagine you've been transported back 300 years...

Aug 31, 20214 min read

Best Mexican Food North of the Rio Grande

There's a little town in eastern Iowa, with a population barely topping the 2,000 mark, that has the most authentic Mexican food you'll...

Aug 26, 20215 min read

My Beautiful, Beautiful Balloon

When I was in Junior High, that's what they called it before someone dreamed up the term Middle School, my parents loaded me up into the...

Aug 23, 20214 min read

How I Became a Swinger

This, this is one of the big things I imagined, I dreamed of, when I thought about what life would be like in retirement. Ok, just stop...

Aug 19, 20213 min read

Van Life Here I Come

Well, that title might be overstating it a bit but, I just checked another item off that retirement “to do” list; building a platform in...

Aug 18, 20215 min read

People are Great

It’s no secret to anyone who follows my Instagram account, I spend a fair amount of time at breweries and bars in general. Not going to...

Aug 13, 20216 min read

Iowa Mardi Gras and Ghosts from the Past

Quick, what Iowa state festival did The Discover rank as a must see top state festival? If your answer is the Iowa State Fair, buzzzz,...

Jul 28, 20216 min read

Around and Around They Go

And where they stop, everyone knows. The finish line, of course. Well, except those unfortunate ones who suffer mechanical issues or,...

Jul 20, 20213 min read

Sunflowers, History and Ice Cream – Oh My! (QCLocal)

Most of us are guilty of it. I know I certainly am. We take our local attractions for granted. We’ve visited placed all over everywhere,...

Jul 15, 20213 min read

I Make My Bed Every Morning

The first two days of retirement are now behind me and, to be honest, how do you people do this??? I’m lost. After 40+ years of heading...

Jun 16, 20216 min read

It's creepy and it's, bizarre

Cue Addams Family music: Their house is a museum Where people come to see 'em They really are a scream The Addams Family. While...

May 7, 20215 min read

Meeting Sasquatch's Little Brother

During my 2017 trip to Denali I decided to take a day and visit Talkeetna. I’d heard how great a place it was and decided a break from...

May 7, 20213 min read

I Rented a Whole House!

(Fourth of four posts about trip to Smoky Mountains and Asheville, NC.) Let me just put this out there first, I'm not a fancy hotel...

May 2, 20214 min read

Olympia Dukakis – Lessons Learned

I was so sad last night to hear the news that Olympia Dukakis had died. I met Olympia in 2009 and was so very fortunate to spend two days...