And a word from the massacre generation This holiday season comes with the gut-wrenching fact that — really — there have to be better ways to share fellowship and mutual concerns than for us to grieve in a place of worship or other community center. But that is where we go to share condolences about
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December 05, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in At Home With
Open house educates the public about new housing efforts. Hope is on the horizon for people without a home. And it is arriving just in time for the holiday season. At a recent open house, Joppa — an organization helping homeless people survive, find housing and rebuild their lives —
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December 05, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in The Sound
Band member played with Jerry Garcia Band. Break out your tie-dye shirts and let your hair down. Deadheads can free-flow dance to a three-hour concert by the Schwag, a Grateful Dead/Jerry Garcia Band cover band, at Wooly’s on Dec. 7. Jimmy Tebeau, founder of the Schwag, vocalist and bass guitarist,
Read More →The holiday season is all about merrymaking and celebrating, so we’ve featured musical events to jingle your bells and ring (or rock) in the New Year. And since New Year’s Eve falls on a weekday, you can actually look forward to a Monday. Holiday Music Events • Dec. 14-15: Tonic
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November 28, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
I’ve learned a lot of lessons about money, some easier than others, in the years since I pushed a lawnmower back and forth across Mrs. Carroll’s and Mrs. Greiner’s yards in Bloomfield long ago. My start as a gainfully employed contributor to the U.S. economy was inauspicious in the grand
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November 14, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
Iowa is speeding toward a dangerous crossroads this week, and there has been too little discussion about what might occur and zero discussion about what the state should do. Trustees of Iowa Wesleyan University, the second-oldest college in Iowa, meet on Thursday to decide whether the institution will close next
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November 06, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
David prevailed over Goliath in the famous tale from long ago using an unconventional weapon, his sling and a few stones. These days, river rocks aren’t a potent weapon. Now, it might just be the spotlight. And the spotlight was shining brightly last week in Iowa when an Associated Press
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October 31, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Feature 1
What we eat, what we should eat and what we will be eating soon. What we eat and what so-called experts tell us we should eat are like airplanes with no connecting airports. My favorite explanation of this is that medicine is the softest of all sciences, and nutrition is the
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