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Business Books
There are a lot of business books out there. Some are great, some are good and some suck. This is a list that was submitted to me by Pete Campbell from www.traveloutthere.com I agree,this is a good list. Some of the books are really really good. He’s missing a few I can think of: Small…
Read MoreCulinary Tourism
Every tourist has one thing in common … they eat. Rebecca LeHeup of Culinary Ontario presented at Central Iowa Tourism and shared why and how to have culinary tourism. Culinary tourism is defined by www.culinaryontario.com as the pursuit of unique and memorable eating and drinking experiences. By combining travel with these edible experiences, culinary tourism offers both locals…
Read MoreWorld Book Night April 23
April 23 is World Book Night. Here’s how www.worldbooknight.org describes what they do: Each year, 30- 35 books are chosen by an independent panel of librarians and booksellers. The authors of the books waive their royalties and the publishers agree to pay the costs of producing the specially-printed World Book Night U.S. editions. Bookstores and…
Read MoreEvery Stone on the Road Precious to Me
Stanley Kunitz lived to be 100 years old and wrote many poems. According to Poets.org: His honors include the Bollingen Prize, a Ford Foundation grant, a Guggenheim Foundation fellowship, Harvard’s Centennial Medal, the Levinson Prize, the Harriet Monroe Poetry Award, a senior fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Medal of the Arts,…
Read MoreI’m an AgNerd
I don’t live on a farm anymore, haven’t for over 40 years. I am an Agnerd though. I live in rural Iowa. I work as a Chamber director and its behooves me to be knowledgeable about agriculture. I actual think it would serve all people to become some sort of an agnerd. Do you know…
Read MoreThe Lost Art of Mixing: A Review
Erica Bauermeister wrote a book entitled The School of Essential Ingredients that shared the story of strangers connecting and cooking food. I wasn’t sure she could write a follow up to that book. But she has — The Lost Art of Mixing. Lillian, the restaurant owner, mixes up the lives all the characters in…
Read MorePrairie Silence
Melanie Hoffert … remember that name. She’s a writer and I’ve had the pleasure of reading her first book. Prairie Silence. Her story tracks much like mine. She couldn’t wait to leave the rural home and head to the big city. And now that she’s acquired a place in that new,brave world – she’s missing…
Read MorePartnering with Crafters – in rural Iowa
TownsEnd Winery is a little, family owned and operated operation located in Hansell, Iowa. It’s also a small town success story. I’ve written about them before and today I want to show you how they’ve partnered with other small businesses in North Central Iowa. September 1 and 2 was the 2nd Anniversary of the TownsEnd…
Read MoreWho’s life are you living?
Who would not want to read a book that starts off like this: “There are times when we sail so far off course, when our dreams are so far from reach that they appear but balmy glimmers violently strewn on a distant horizon which we will never pierce. When complacency and compliance, when safety and…
Read MoreDestination: Osage
June 9, I traveled about an hour to visit a little village called Osage. North Iowa Area Community College (NIACC) has kicked off a program for people to visit various communities around North Central Iowa. They began with Osage. With a population of just over 3,600 Osage was originally founded in 1854 and called Cora…
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