The fickle paths of excellence and success
My grandfather, a longtime farmer, said that success was like the morning dew, it could settle just as easily on a rose bud or a cow turd. Epic novelist Larry [...]
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Posted March 04, 2020in Food Dude
Posted March 04, 2020in Your Neighbors
Beekeeping 101 with Julia McGuire
“Jill of Many Skills” teaches local beekeepers to be honey-production maximizers. A 5,500-year-old jar of honey — the oldest known honey in existence — was found within a noblewoman’s tomb [...]
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Posted March 04, 2020in Joe's Neighborhood
Another snow day in Iowa
They are a bit different when you’re an old man. The shovel runs smoothly along the driveway, pushing the not-too-heavy snow into the growing hill on the side. The sky [...]
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Posted March 04, 2020in Center Stage
Music and comedy await audiences
Playwright David Lindsay-Abaire dips his pen into his wickedly witty ink for “Wonder of the World.” The beauty of living in a land of rugged winters is finding the indoor [...]
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Posted March 04, 2020in Sound Circuit
Justin Moore
Honest lyrics draw fans in. Growing up in Arkansas, Justin Moore listened to country music greats such as George Straight and Dwight Yoakum. Now he is fortunate to be touring [...]
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Posted March 04, 2020in Rants & Reason
Monty Python’s Flying Caucus
Always look on the bright side! As our Iowa caucus chaos unfolded, I half expected the British comedy troupe — Monty Python’s Flying Circus — to appear on TV in [...]
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Posted March 04, 2020in Collections & Hobbies
‘Do what you love; love what you do’
The planes buzzing by mesmerized the youthful eyes of the small girl perched atop the fence post of her family’s 1950s farm in rural southeast Iowa. During these formative years, [...]
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Posted March 04, 2020in Duffy
Posted March 04, 2020in Your View
Posted March 04, 2020in Walks of Life
