Novelist Jacqueline Signori at a reading to promote her new novella, Ada, recently self-published through…
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Many in Eastern Iowa are “getting religion” about local and sustainable agriculture. Farmer’s markets, Community…
In December 1973, James Van Allen presented his findings on Jupiter’s radiation belts to the…
I did spring cleaning at Easter. After the usual weekly maintenance, I got around to…
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IF IT’S STILL WINTER WHERE you live, enjoy your sleep while you can. Spring started…
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EVERY WEEKDAY MORNing at 7 a.m., while I make my lunch for the day, I…
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We started off the month with the office’s first annual chili cookoff. In general I avoid…
IN LIEU OF THE TRIP TO France to paint at Giverny, I took a three-day…
I HEARD MY MANAGER REFER to “skunk work” the other day, and I had to…
AS A TECHNICAL WRITER, I’m often in the position of rewriting someone else’s draft. In…