On a recent fall morning in a small city park shelter in one of the suburbs that make up the Des Moines Metro area in this little swath of the Midwest, activity happened. Twenty-three geocachers were signing or stamping one hundred-nineteen postcards meant for forty-eight states, the District of Columbia, Japan and South Korea. There […]
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An Eclipse and a Basketball Game
The past couple of weeks there have been two major events in my little swath of the Midwest, both of which brought many together in unity. The first one was the women’s NCAA basketball tournament, when the University of Iowa team went all the way to the championship game. And while Caitlin Clark and the […]
To new beginnings and old memories
So I am sitting in my new OWNED abode at my computer, having just spent the first night in what the other half and I hope is our forever home. I’m surrounded by boxes and it was weird sleeping here last night since while the bed was my own, the room was different and the […]
