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Solar Car in the Hood
One day I’m in the park just minding my own business, actually working on setting up things for JunqueFest and I see this cool airplane looking car coming down the street. Followed by a truck pulling a trailer and a bunch of college kids. Of course I whipped out my smart phone and shot a…
Read MoreThe Family Farm
When I grew up I played in the corn and the wild grass and under the biggest tree in the county I climbed many trees and walked the creek with my grandpa in search of a big fish I played around tombstones and pretended I was a preacher In the grass under a circle of…
Read MoreLove is the Answer
“Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction.”
Read MoreDo Bloggers Tours Work?
This article originally appeared in the Building Possibility newsletter from 12-17-14. We’ve been asked to share it with our blog readers! We hosted a Bloggers Tour on December 13, 2014 here in Webster City. We invited the North Iowa Bloggers to town. https://www.facebook.com/NorthIowaBloggers Six of the bloggers came and spent the day in Webster City.…
Read MoreGrasshopper Guest House
July 11 I traveled to LeClaire, Iowa and spent the weekend. LeClaire is located on the Mississippi River in central Iowa. I chose to visit because the town is doing some things right, and I wanted to find out what was working for them. I love to find unique places to stay when I go…
Read MoreCommercial Revitalization Webinar
On April 29 at 1 pm,Tyler Abens and I will be featured on a National REALTOR webinar. The webinar will showcase how becoming engaged in community and downtown revitalization efforts can lead to leasing/sales of vacant buildings and other positive impacts on commercial real estate development. Targeted efforts involving REALTOR® associations, REALTORS® and community organizations…
Read MoreBody of Work
Pam Slim is a Misfit. Yes, a misfit – someone out to change the world. She’s written a book called Body of Work. She said at the Misfit Conference “the purpose of a good life is to create a body of work that you are proud of.” I heard that in May and thought ‘what…
Read MoreDeath and Telling Your Story
Yesterday I read the 23rd Psalms and said the Lord’s Prayer while we laid to rest Cora Clock. Cora was born in 1917 and died October 3, 2013. She was in Maryland for the last part of her life. She wasn’t from Geneva, Iowa – but her parents were. And they were buried at the…
Read MoreA Message from the Rural Midwest
Because of misunderstandings that frequently develop when Easterners and Californians cross the 12 Midwestern States (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin) the Tourism Councils in those states have adopted a new policy. In an effort to help outsiders understand the rural Midwesterner’s mind, the following list…
Read MoreDo You Have A Happy Spot?
It’s a good practice to surround yourself with little pieces of beauty. You’ve heard of giving yourself little motivational talks, or posting a saying to the mirror and speaking it out loud each day. Those things work, when you remember to do them. I‘m suggesting you place items you love within eyesight of where you…
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