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As a curious observer of life, I blog on writing, marketing, my prairie - anything that interests me in the moment. I like to have conversations with readers, so don’t hesitate to leave a comment. I'll respond.

Thumbs on the wheel

By Carol / 19 October 2011 /

Texting while driving is a hazard. No exceptions. Texters may say they can text without looking. I don’t believe it. As we put 3,800 miles on our van over the last two weeks, we had…

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Taking its toll

By Carol / 18 October 2011 /

Traveling offers so many new sights and experiences. Most a delight, some a pain. We’ve been on the road the past two weeks. Sightseeing at Gettysburg, visiting family in Pennsylvania, attending a wedding in Massachusetts.…

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Seeing Iowa with fresh eyes

By Carol / 14 September 2011 /

Have you noticed how when you’re away from a place for a while and then come back, it all looks different? I was always struck by how our kitchen on the farm always looked so…

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No broken bones

By Carol / 06 September 2011 /

I was on the trail and then I wasn’t. A friend and I were biking the Great Western Trail south of Des Moines yesterday. The day was beautiful – sunshine, 70’s, generally level. We were…

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High Trestle Trail melds history, nature, easy biking

By Carol / 29 August 2011 /

I biked the newly opened High Trestle Trail for the first time this weekend. My friends and I entered the  trail at Woodwardand biked east. Our main goal was to see the new High Trestle…

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Rolling through the summer

By Carol / 05 July 2011 /

  Biking in Italy was excellent training for Iowa. I didn’t huff and puff on my trusty red one-speed for nothing. That old baby prepared me well.  When I take to my neighborhood streets, these…

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Aqueducts – Not really Roman!

By Carol / 12 June 2011 /

You know what the say about assumptions? Well, I made a big one when I saw the aqueducts running through Guamo, and assumed they were Roman era construction. Turns out, they’re much more recent. In…

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The sun sets on Italy

By Carol / 08 June 2011 /

I could go on writing about Italy for a long, long time. A writing adventure like the one Mary and I experienced this month cannot be captured in 350 words a day. Blogs that didn’t…

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Pisa – More than a cliche

By Carol / 06 June 2011 /

“Be sure you get a cheesy photo with the leaning tower,” my friend told me when she heard we were headed to Pisa. I was all over it.  In my mind, Pisa is a cliché…

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Going out with a bang!

By Carol / 05 June 2011 /

This is our last night at Le Macine and what a night it is. Thunder. Lightening. Wind. Electricity out … on … out. Torrential rain. Hail. As I write, it’s been going on for an…

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