When I originally agreed to write for the Home & Garden issue planned for April,…
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I’ve been caaaasually shopping for houses, and I’m amused at what some folks call “freshly…
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Stan Plum, curator of the Carnegie Museum in Fairfield shared an inspiring post on the…
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Last March, as spring was barely springing, I began my quest for water. April and…
It was one of those nights. Just as I fell into a deep sleep at…
My father was head of the Psychology Clinic at Michigan State University in the 1970s,…
Bob Hougher is a man with a mission. He wants to reforest his hometown of…
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First held in 1973 with only a few hundred riders, RAGBRAI has grown to become…