Spring is here! Along with it comes a new crop of seasonal additions to the…
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Last month I shared ten tracks released in 2019 from female singer-songwriters. This month, the…
Growing up in Guatemala, Jorge Alva helped his parents with their farm, growing corn and…
As an 11-year-old farm girl in Mount Vernon, Iowa, Joanne Karns found herself alone in…
Your phone has more germs on it than a toilet seat. At least that’s what…
Nothing has happened during my life to compare with what we are going through now.…
Stan Plum, curator of the Carnegie Museum in Fairfield shared an inspiring post on the…
It elevates your mood, it strengthens well-being, it’s 100 percent natural, legal, and free. Laughter…
What. The. Heck. We will all emerge from this sticky cocoon eventually. Into a cautious,…
Making it as a small business is hard enough on a good day. These are…
The world has turned upside down. I have so many thoughts crashing around in my…
The Revelers, founding members of the Red Stick Ramblers and The Pine Leaf Boys—“unquestionably the…
Note: Penland’s work is currently published under the name Alexandra Penn. Since publication, however, Penland…
I thought I knew how Irish the Hickeys were. A gathering of knitters collects in…
Once a year I dip into my music archives to select my favorite new releases.…














