Archive | July, 2011
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Where Corn is King

And The Corn Palace Celebrates Its Majesty Farms in corn country are looking especially tidy these days. Flush with cash from ethanol subsidies, Midwestern farmers are enjoying a feast-ly economy from high land values which they can leverage into improvements. This economic boon has been steadily growing for over six years. In 2006, an Iowa [...]

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A Wedding in Milford

We enter Iowa on a two-lane that cuts through fertile rows of growing corn. “It reminds me of Michigan,” I say. I recognize the land, this life, from somewhere deep in my bones. The road, striped with blacktop expansion joints stretched to the max, undulates like curling ribbon with gentle rises and lows – the [...]

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Guest Post at “Telling It Like It Is”

Several weeks ago, Lin at “Telling It Like It Is” requested a guest post to highlight The Narcissist: A User’s Guide. After completing this blog’s revision and additional deadlines, I’m happy to say it’s up: Toxic Relationships – Narcissism and Its Deadly Effects. Please head over and check it out. You’ll enjoy Lin’s blog and [...]

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