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Sitting in a Tulsa, Oklahoma, hotel room recently I was doing what most of us do when killing time these days, aimlessly scrolling...

Mary’s Farm Sanctuary recently posted a photo on Facebook of their newest adoption, a senior horse that will someday again, be beautiful....

Starry, starry night Paint your palette blue and grey Look out on a summer's day With eyes that know the darkness in my soul Vincent -...

Images of Paul Newman and Cool Hand Luke came to mind as I drove down a short Louisa County Iowa highway recently. More appropriately...

Where were you 20 years ago when you heard the news? Anyone old enough to remember back that far knows exactly where they were when those...

Close your eyes, well not literally because I want you to keep reading but play along, and imagine you've been transported back 300 years...

There's a little town in eastern Iowa, with a population barely topping the 2,000 mark, that has the most authentic Mexican food you'll...

When I was in Junior High, that's what they called it before someone dreamed up the term Middle School, my parents loaded me up into the...

This, this is one of the big things I imagined, I dreamed of, when I thought about what life would be like in retirement. Ok, just stop...

Well, that title might be overstating it a bit but, I just checked another item off that retirement “to do” list; building a platform in...

It’s no secret to anyone who follows my Instagram account, I spend a fair amount of time at breweries and bars in general. Not going to...

Quick, what Iowa state festival did The Discover rank as a must see top state festival? If your answer is the Iowa State Fair, buzzzz,...

And where they stop, everyone knows. The finish line, of course. Well, except those unfortunate ones who suffer mechanical issues or,...

Most of us are guilty of it. I know I certainly am. We take our local attractions for granted. We’ve visited placed all over everywhere,...

The first two days of retirement are now behind me and, to be honest, how do you people do this??? I’m lost. After 40+ years of heading...

Cue Addams Family music: Their house is a museum Where people come to see 'em They really are a scream The Addams Family. While...

During my 2017 trip to Denali I decided to take a day and visit Talkeetna. I’d heard how great a place it was and decided a break from...

(Fourth of four posts about trip to Smoky Mountains and Asheville, NC.) Let me just put this out there first, I'm not a fancy hotel...

I was so sad last night to hear the news that Olympia Dukakis had died. I met Olympia in 2009 and was so very fortunate to spend two days...

Anyone who has retired or looking at it in the near future knows exactly what I’m talking about, there’s this long list of things you...