Speaking of back to school…
Have you noticed that back-to-school supplies are on the shelves already? I am a lifelong school supply addict - pristine pencils and unrumpled notebook paper have always spoken loudly to me of the promise of yet-to-be-written essays, poems, and novels. In the 20 years since I’ve graduated from college, I’ve also discovered that one need [...]
Link love - literally!
Mike Sansone recently took time to construct this cool heart-shaped montage of pictures and logos of all the bloggers who wished him well during his recent illness. Mike is a good friend - I am thrilled he is back in the blogosphere - and it’s neat that his graphic represents “link love” in a very [...]
Link Round-Up, July 15
Here are some great posts from Des Moines area blogs over the past week, shared in the spirit of “in case you missed it.” Feel free to share one of your favorite links from the past week in the comments, and as always let me know if you are a Des Moines area-based blogger - I’d [...]
“Chief urges bikers to follow safety rules”
Okay, I’ll admit it: that headline made me bristle without even reading the article. As a motorcyclist, I can attest to the butt-puckering sensation one gets when a driver with a cell phone pasted to their head decides to turn left in front of you or run a red light, all while operating a 3,500-pound vehicle.
Er… [...]
Heritage Carousel celebrates 10th Anniversary
Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Union Park Heritage Carousel this Sunday, July 15, from 11 a.m. - 8 p.m. Festivities include free carousel rides all day, and demonstrations of carousel figure molding and painting by Carousel Works of Mansfield, Ohio - the creators of Heritage Carousel!
For complete details visit www.heritagecarousel.org/.
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Warriors cat clans vs. Zac Efron: Web wars!
I had to chuckle when I read Christi’s post about the Des Moines Playhouse production of “High School Musical.” She notes that there are fan pages, forums, chat rooms and all kinds of web goodies devoted to the HSM characters and their music.
The same thing is happening here at our house, where my DD has [...]
I’m reminded of one of my favorite books - ‘Illusions’ - hanging out in the blogosphere
I was reading a discussion over on Liz Strauss’s Successful & Outstanding Bloggers site (because, you know, I aspire to be one!) about a dangerous new form of comment spam, when one of Liz’s remarks in the comments caught my attention. Turns out, she is a fan (a HUGE fan) of the book Illusions, by [...]
Tax Amnesty program unveils website
It seems pretty simple to me: if you pay your taxes on time, you only owe the tax. If you fail to pay them on time, there’s a consequence: you have to pay the tax plus penalty fees and interest.
Our Legislature, though, has gotten impatient with the Iowans who have not paid their state taxes [...]
Kitchen Collage encourages picnics
Once again I’m just so delighted at the email newsletter produced by the folks at East Village’s Kitchen Collage. Teresa & Molly really understand how to produce an email that I, for one, want to read - and that I look forward to receiving.
I wish this thing was available online as a webpage so I [...]
More street rod lovers among you?
Since I just returned from a weekend at the GoodGuys Heartland Nationals here in Des Moines, and since I’ve been a “street rodder” for almost 20 years, I really enjoyed Jody & Sadie’s post today about ‘37 Chevy’s and other classic cars.
I have a great picture of my DD as an infant, sitting atop a [...]
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