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Apr 24, 20235 min read
Pella, If You Ain't Dutch...
The first weekend in May is just around the corner and that means it won’t be long before a small Iowa town will more than double in...
Jan 14, 20234 min read
A Hope for Moments
I hope you have moments in life that take you into your past. Unexpected moments that suddenly appear and transport you back to your...
Nov 27, 20224 min read
Imagine a Magical Garden
Imagine a magical garden where you are surrounded by plants below and beside, with trees stretching above your head. Imagine too that,...
Oct 18, 20224 min read
Dinosaurs, a Daughter and a Wedding
It will be remembered as one of the greatest, if not THE greatest, dinosaur weddings in the history of man. Well, I guess, pre-man...
Sep 18, 20222 min read
Be a Part of Art at Pappajohn Sculpture Park
There’s a wonderful four-and-a-half acre park right in the middle of downtown Des Moines, Iowa. It’s filled with more than two dozen...
Sep 7, 20224 min read
Rural Iowa's Awe Inspiring Church
My jaw dropped walking through the main doors. I don’t know my mouth ever fully closed while I was there. I would not argue with...
Mar 3, 20222 min read
The Hills are Alive with - Puppets
As a child, one of my family’s annual traditions was watching Sound of Music out at my grandparents’ farm. This was during the Dark Ages...
Feb 23, 20226 min read
The Day the Music Died
February 3, 1959 - Since Don McLean released the song, American Pie, that day has been known as The Day the Music Died. On that day a...
Feb 21, 20223 min read
Go Fly a Kite, On a Frozen Lake
Go fly a kite. It isn’t like I haven’t been told that a few times over the years. I once made my own kite when I was in grade school from...
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....
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...
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