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February 20, 2020

This year on March 3, Prairie Preview will be 37 years old. The requests have been coming in regularly for... Read More →

February 17, 2020

How many times have you looked out over the Iowa River on a hot, sunny day and thought about how... Read More →

February 13, 2020

Continuing last week’s history of Iowa coal: The many scattered pockets of coal, which served small-scale mining so well in... Read More →

February 10, 2020

Do you make resolutions at the start of a New Year? I do, and instead of weight loss or exercising... Read More →

February 6, 2020

This winter season, some of my blogs are going to venture into Iowa energy, sustainability, and links to the environment.... Read More →

February 3, 2020

He’s out there again, I mutter to myself, and rush to grab the spotting scope. I find him in the... Read More →

January 30, 2020

Last week my blog photo caption mentioned that the children on the brushpile were learning something. Since then, I’ve had... Read More →

January 27, 2020

Children and adults alike are fascinated by the adventure of treasure hunting. Geocaching is a world-wide adventure treasure hunt with... Read More →

January 23, 2020

The media long ago learned that bad news is more profitable than good news. Murders, oil spills, and raging politicians... Read More →

January 20, 2020

It was a magical landscape on the Greenway Trail the morning of January 11, after the previous day’s rainy-icy weather... Read More →