Never thought I’d say this: Please Vote McCain
What a difference a few months make.
Be careful what you wish for, you may get it.
Someday you’re going to eat those words.
These clichés essentially sum up my political journey over the past few months. Admittedly I’ve been on the sidelines as the Presidential campaign has heated up, but you see, now there’s a problem: instead [...]
At least we know they can find us
One of the things we noticed as soon as we moved was that we get a lot more police activity in our new neighborhood than we did when we lived on the East Side.
In the almost-18 years we lived on Holcomb Ave., I can recall only three incidents that made me actually question the safety [...]
Things in the new house I’m grateful for
I promise I won’t do too much blathering about our new house, but one of the advantages it has over the old one is STORAGE. And lots of it! The old house was sorely lacking in this department. I just thought I would share a list of things the new house has that the old [...]
Link Round-Up, October 24
A couple of weeks ago, when I first began thinking about re-starting my blogging efforts here, I gingerly took a peek at my Bloglines (feed reader) account to see just how far behind I’d gotten in reading other blogs. When I saw that I’d missed posts numbering in the thousands in nearly every category, I [...]
Photogenic East Side locations?
I’m in need of ideas for scenic/iconic views of the East side of Des Moines for a potential photo/virtual tour shoot. The obvious choices are the Capitol, East Village, AE Dairy Cows, state fairgrounds… but, what else? Chinese garden and/or Jim Muto Recreation Area along riverfront? Thompson Ave. residential area east of E. 14th? That [...]
Out of hibernation… just in time for winter!
Well, well, well.
It seems I cannot stop thinking about this blog and the opportunity it presents to share my enthusiasm for all things (most things) Des Moines.
I said back in June that things were pretty overwhelming - I can’t even begin to describe the agony that was this past summer, so I won’t even try. [...]
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