Tag: Iowa
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Travels 5: Oh, Pioneers!
The great American Poet and Literary Goddess of the Prairie, Willa Cather, once said: “I was raised by a tooth-less bearded hag…I was schooled with a black strap across my back…but it’s alright now, in fact it’s a gas.” Hold on, I don’t think that was Willa Cather. No, after rechecking my sources, I find…
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Travels 4: Blue Highways
Someone I’ve been searching for appeared before my eyes today and it wasn’t very far from Herbert Hoover’s grave. We had just crossed the Mississippi River. The Mother of North America Rivers. Say what you want about the Hudson, Rio Grande or the Missouri; Big Muddy is what rivers are all about. Yes, the…
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