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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...
Apr 24, 20235 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...
Jan 14, 20234 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,...
Nov 27, 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...
Oct 18, 20224 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 18, 20222 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...
Sep 7, 20224 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...
Mar 3, 20222 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 23, 20226 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...
Feb 21, 20223 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 8, 20213 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 26, 20215 min read
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