December 01, 2021 by Beckham Miller
in Book Review
‘Even Greater Mistakes: Stories by Charlie Jane Anders’ When life is busy, and my attention span is short, I turn to short stories to fill in the gaps of my day. I enjoy a quick punch of a story to curb a bad mood (or heighten a good one). For
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November 30, 2021 by Beckham Miller
in The Culture Buzz
From the beautiful MainFrame Studios Building at 900 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines, Iowa comes your Listener-supported Community Voice, the Award-Winning independent radio station KFMG-LP 98.9 FM, bringing you music, literature & cultural news from the American Heartland and beyond. ― John Busbee for The Culture Buzz 2014 Iowa Governor’s Award for Partnership & Collaboration in the
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November 29, 2021 by Beckham Miller
in Stray Thoughts
When you have orbited the sun as many times as I have, people sometimes want to tap into the insights you have gathered through the years. Young journalists and newsroom managers ask about the lessons I accumulated from a half century in the newspaper business. One lesson is quite simple,
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November 16, 2021 by Beckham Miller
in The Culture Buzz
Continue to be creative. Be safe and conscientious. – John Busbee for The Culture Buzz 2014 Iowa Governor’s Award for Partnership & Collaboration in the Arts Podcasts of past interviews may be found at www.TheCultureBuzz.com and https://archive.org/details/@the_culture_buzz Something for Something Support The Culture Buzz programming through the Des Moines Community Radio Foundation (aka
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November 15, 2021 by Beckham Miller
in Stray Thoughts
You have to marvel at the capacity of the human spirit — especially the ability of people who remain optimistic and upbeat in the face of challenges most of us can’t fathom. Those thoughts were swirling through my noggin during the recent observance of Veterans Day. There were many veterans
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November 10, 2021 by Beckham Miller
in The Culture Buzz
Continue to be creative. Be safe and conscientious. – John Busbee for The Culture Buzz 2014 Iowa Governor’s Award for Partnership & Collaboration in the Arts Podcasts of past interviews may be found at www.TheCultureBuzz.com and https://archive.org/details/@the_culture_buzz Something for Something Support The Culture Buzz programming through the Des Moines Community Radio Foundation (aka
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November 03, 2021 by Beckham Miller
in The Culture Buzz
Continue to be creative. Be safe and conscientious. – John Busbee for The Culture Buzz 2014 Iowa Governor’s Award for Partnership & Collaboration in the Arts Podcasts of past interviews may be found at www.TheCultureBuzz.com and https://archive.org/details/@the_culture_buzz Special opportunity The Culture Buzz is offering something new to support the Des Moines Community Radio
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November 03, 2021 by Beckham Miller
in Feature 1
Those who served our country continue to serve each other and those around them. When wounded soldiers and sick U.S. military veterans returned home from both the Spanish-American War (1898) and from the Philippine Insurrection (1899-1902), no federal pension program existed, nor did any type of widespread medical assistance. These
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November 03, 2021 by Beckham Miller
in Feature 2
With Iowa no longer the beef capital, what are our state’s special foods? My aunt and her family visited Iowa from Oregon in the late 1950s. They wanted to eat Iowa beef at every meal. Iowa beef had such a national reputation then that it was revered from New York
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