Learning together
Admittedly, I’m a slow learner. I have owned CITYVIEW for more than two decades now, and it has taken me a while to truly understand what readers want. Of course, [...]
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Posted December 31, 2025in Publisher
Posted December 03, 2025in Publisher
In the shadows
We all hear about the people who work behind the scenes, but we rarely see them. That’s the idea. Some folks like to be front and center — and they [...]
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Posted November 05, 2025in Publisher
Showing the love for our sport teams
Some people tell me that we Iowans love our Cyclones and Hawkeyes so much because we don’t have any “professional” teams. I caution them on their use of the word [...]
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Posted September 03, 2025in Publisher
Experience Iowa life
You work all week. You are tired. And you just want some rest. I am right there with you. But, before you know it, years go by and you realize [...]
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Posted August 06, 2025in Publisher
‘Don’t need nothin’… but a good time’
In the 1980s, arena rock was all the rage, and the music wasn’t from just ordinary rock bands. These were hair bands. Big hair. Twisted Sister. Mötley Crüe. Bon Jovi. [...]
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Posted July 02, 2025in Publisher
Saddle up!
“Turn the channel, Shane. That show is making the living room dusty.” Those were my father’s words in one of his numerous attempts at humor while I was watching Silver [...]
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Posted June 04, 2025in Publisher
Iowa’s beauty, intermingled destinies, a sex party and cottage cheese containers
You have heard it many times. A picture is worth a thousand words. The actual origin of the adage is spotty, but the saying clearly gained prominence in America in [...]
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Posted April 30, 2025in Publisher
‘A Festivus for the rest of us’
If you watched the popular TV show “Seinfeld” in the late 1990s, you are smiling right now. If you didn’t watch the show, well, read on, as you can still [...]
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Posted April 02, 2025in Publisher
The crack of the bat!
Few things say springtime like baseball. Spring training for the teams is a signal for us Iowans that the snow will soon be completely gone and the green grass will [...]
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Posted March 05, 2025in Publisher
I am an Irish mutt
I am mostly Irish. At least that’s what my mother said. She also told my siblings and me that our great-great-grandmother was a full-blooded Cherokee Indian from the “Crow’s Feet” [...]
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