Nursing a Two-Day Old Baby
It was not how I had intended to spend my weekend.
Not that I have ever intentionally modeled my life after theirs, but I have known for many years that when Elbert Hubbard needed to relax, he escaped to a small cabin his son Burt had built…
A Day in Cedar Rapids
Yes, I know it doesn’t sound very exciting, but when you're on a quest for information, you go wherever the next lead takes you.
I was headed back to the Midwest to celebrate my parents' 65th wedding anniversary last week and took the opportunity…
Getting Any Wiser?
I know I'm not getting any younger, but every now and then I think I just might finally be getting a little wiser.
Case in point: Last week, while we were at the lake preparing to duck meteors, a large sweet chestnut tree fell across the…
Traveling Through Space — and Back in Time
It was billed as possibly being the meteor shower of a lifetime.
As many as 1000 particles of dust per hour hitting our atmosphere and bursting into flame, creating Nature's own spectacular fireworks show on the eve of Memorial Day weekend.
And…
Grant Wood at Auction: The Results
If you stopped by and read last week's column, you'll recall that I had been in an email dialogue with an auction house that was preparing to sell what they had first been calling an oil painting "attributed" to Grant Wood.
The painting was…
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