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A family member had two trees damaged during a storm and my spouse and I got talking about it. I decided to go there and see if I could help. That became my Monday. I organized my trip better than most. If I hadn’t gone to Des Moines, I could have traveled to the Karakoram… Read more
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Dave Morice died at peace in a West Branch nursing home on Friday, Aug. 21, 2026. I did not know him in his later years, although everyone knew him as Dr. Alphabet. While writing my autobiography, I wrote about time I spent with him and other members of the Actualist Poetry Movement. Some of us… Read more
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I posted this photo on Bluesky and it got more than 900 likes. The timing must have been perfect. We are on the cusp of the Midwestern tomato harvest, which was what I tried to capture. Note there were 40 comments at the time of this screen shot. I read them all, and learned something… Read more
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It began with the first wave of tomato harvest. Because of the rain, a number of themburst their seams. I only knew to cut off the bad spots and store them in a stainless steel mixing bowl with a dinner plate as a lid. I put the bowl in the refrigerator overnight. Read more
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When I got to 6:30 p.m. I couldn’t account for how I spent my day. I literally could not remember what I did after returning from the grocer in the county seat. I tried reconstructing events. When did, I received phone calls, wrote emails, Ate food, and the like. It was no help… the afternoon… Read more
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In January I began a new journal using an inexpensive, spiral-bound notebook. It is a place to write without public eyes. I need that. The pages have been slow to fill, yet when I do write there, I find a place to express something personal. I am glad to be back in that habit. I… Read more
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The following was sent to U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst, along with U.S. House Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks… Read more
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I used to think I could talk with Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks. That was in 2008 during her first run for Congress. I was on the county board of health and felt that gave me standing to discuss issues with the ophthalmologist. I found her during a break between two parades in Johnson County and asked… Read more
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It is ironic that as many hot peppers as I use in our kitchen, my family has an aversion to capsaicin… Read more
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Sometimes things come together in a positive manner. Read more
Tales from the pilgrimage.
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