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Headstones in the Parking Lot

Tuesday night Hope Polk posted a picture of a headstone on Facebook.  It was a headstone found in a parking lot.  I smelled a story brewing. El Valle is fixing their parking lot and it involves tearing up the old pavement lot and laying down new concrete.  During the tearing up part the crew found…

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Harvest of Love

When thinking of writing in the month of October, naturally my first thought was the activity synonymous with this time of year…harvest.  We were blessed with great weather for the harvest season, as well as better than expected crop yields.  But “harvest” has taken on a new meaning to me since I became friends with…

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Blog Action Day: The Power of We

Bloggers around the world today are posting on Blog Action Day.  it started in 2007 and the global topic today is The Power of We. I believe in thinking global and buying local.  I live in a community of 10,000 people in my entire county, and our livelihoods are dependent on residents buying local.  This…

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Transparent – maybe not always.

I was going to tell you the story of my estranged brother.  However, is this a story I really need to share?  No, it’s not.  It’s a story for my family, not a story for the public. How many of us tell all of our stories in order to be truly transparent?  Is transparency always…

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Small Biz Friday: Country Heritage Bed and Breakfast

1n 1921 Carl Borcherding built a house.  It’s believed to be a mail order house from Sears and Roebuck.  This house was on the family farm and three generations lived in it before it became the bed and breakfast it is today. Donnis Borcherding, her daughter Lacey Elphic and family friend Crystal Cross now run…

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Gems from my Google Reader

I’ve started reading my Google Reader more than once a week.  I’m always looking for news and interesting things to share and in that quest I’ve saved quite a few blogs in my Reader.  Here’s just a few fun things from the past couple of days. Google Alert for Hampton, Iowa:  I have the alert…

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Harvest Tour 2012 Day 2

6 bloggers woke up to country fresh air in Franklin County Iowa on Saturday, October 6, 2012.  They came to find out about: how food ends up on their table, rural living and the changes made in the last 100 years, entertainment in a small town, and why someone would want to live here. They…

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Following the Hashtag #HarvestTour2012

6 bloggers came to Franklin County Iowa last night.  We took them to the REA Plant and Museum (first farmer owned electricity plant in the United States), the Old Stone House (built in 1854) and Maynes Grove Lodge for some wine and food and mingling. Our hashtag for you to follow along on twitter is…

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Meet the Bloggers

Six people and spouses/kids/moms will travel to Franklin County on Friday, October 5.  They are all bloggers and come from Iowa, Missouri, Illinois and New Hampshire. We’ve invited them to be a part of the Harvest Tour 2012. They are staying at the Country Heritage Bed and Breakfast.  They’ll see the REA Plant and Museum,…

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October is National Bullying Prevention Month

October is National Bullying Prevention Month.   It’s an opportunity to bring to light those activities that are not okay. When I was a junior in high school I received an anonymous letter stuck in my locker.  It said, in essence, that I was a pretty girl and smart and if I could just lose…

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