Opinion
Life is Good
It's been a while since I've popped in and said, "Hello!" to everyone, and I'm sure you haven't missed it!
An update on the home front is kind of fun to send out and t...
Hands-on Boomtown experience for a fireworks novice
After years of watching my friends from the Iowa Pyrotechnic Association put together the fireworks displays that thousands enjoy each Boomtown (not to mention the year-long meetings and other pre...
40,000 more reasons to say thanks....
That ain't gonna happen again for a while, I told myself Monday evening, as I looked at the surprising new Vinton Today daily page view total.
We have been seeing some incredible numbers in...
Pastor\'s Blog: FORGIVENESS...Forgiven...Forgiving
Ever feel like you screw up constantly- like all the time? That’s my world. Days come and go, and it feels like I’m still the same loser I was last yea...
A message for the Iowa State Fair Butter Cow vandals
To: The people who painted the Iowa Butter Cow Red this past weekend, (as well as to whoever it was who put the "Go vegan" message on the Butter Cow at the State Fair in 2011):
Congra... The wisdom to find Serenity when GPS is your guide
Like just about everyone else who makes a living working with computer-related technology, I both love and hate it.
I love the career opportunities it has given me; I hate it for its frequent,...
We're all in this together; how cooperation matters in Cedar River Valley
From catastrophic floods in 2008 to record drought and low flows in 2012 - Is it any wonder that we still don’t know what to expect from our rivers?
But maybe we’re learning. Iowan...
Letter to the Editor - The Affordable Health Care Act – Is Affordable?
If ACA is such a good deal, how come private sector unions, government sector unions, Congressional Staff, large corporations all request or have been granted a “carve out”?...
Yes, we are probably related...
...sorry if that makes you cringe...
Our daughter left to be a camp counselor in Tennessee two months ago. She called a few weeks later to tell me that one of the other counselors there said sh...
The aroma and tastes of childhood I will remember at Celebration Park
Standing in front of the old white house at the corner of 2nd Street and A Avenue, I could almost smell the aroma of tobacco from Uncle Hugo’s pipe.
While I grew up in Independence and ru...