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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.
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…
Read MoreTraveling 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.…
Read MoreHave 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…
Read MoreI 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…
Read MoreI 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…
Read MoreBiking 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…
Read MoreYou 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…
Read MoreI 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…
Read More“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…
Read MoreThis 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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