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Cribbage Cogitations
I wish we’d filmed the cribbage match we just played because it was marked by the weird combination of luck and strategy so typical of every cribbage game. On the other hand, I know if we’d tried to film it, we’d have been too flustered to make anything useful of it. So, I’m going to…
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Have You Heard about the Iowa City Brain Rock?
We’ve lived in the Iowa City area for over 37 years and never heard of the Brain Rock until today. I don’t know how we ever missed it. It’s a work of art called Ridge and Furrow created by artist Peter Randall-Page, a world-famous artist from the United Kingdom. It’s been called the Brain Rock…
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Where to Find July 4th Fireworks Shows in Eastern Iowa!
There are going to be lots of fireworks shows for July 4th holidays! You can find an extensive list for events in eastern Iowa at the KCRG news web page. The Coralville 4thFest will be at S.T. Morrison Park 1513 7th Street on July 4th at 9:45 PM. The Iowa Capital Dispatch has the lowdown…
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Indigo Bunting Spotted Today!
We were playing cribbage this afternoon and Sena spotted a blue bird perched on top of our crab apple tree in the back yard. I rushed to get the camera and got a quick video about 7 seconds long before it flew off. I pulled a few images of the back of the bird; it…
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Svengoolie Movie: “Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster”
So, this movie ‘Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster” is high in cheese content and don’t expect to see the Frankenstein made famous by Boris Karloff. It was released in 1965 and directed by Soupy Sales, no wait, it was Robert Gaffney. Marilyn Hanold played the big female lead, Marcuzan, the amazonian leader who looks nothing…
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Big Mo Pod Show: “Smoke Stack Howlin”
I got a big kick out of the Big Mo Blues Show last night. And the Big Mo Pod Show this morning was another great teaching session by John Heim aka Big Mo. It’s also another peek into the lives of blues and rock musicians which would appeal to the headshrinkers in the listening audience,…
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Summertime Goldfinches!
Sena took video this morning of a pair of goldfinches having breakfast in our backyard garden. They were all about getting the seeds out of the thistle or knapweed, whatever that is out there. The female is harder to see, naturally, because of its muted coloration to make it less visible. The male is loudly…
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Bottoms Up Prune Juice!
We were having a prune juice moment early this morning. I didn’t know Sena was going to buy it about a week ago. I’m not having any problems with getting enough fiber in my diet. I draw the line at prune juice and also Metamucil. This brings back memories. When me and my younger brother…
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CDC ACIP Meeting Today on Covid-19 Vaccine
We watched the Covid-19 vaccine part of today’s meeting this morning. I thought it got off to sort of a rough start, mainly with technical difficulties. I can’t recall any other meetings in which the camera flipped back and forth oddly between speakers and their slides. I thought that was distracting. The question-and-answer periods ran…
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Sena Gets her Measles Vaccine-and Will Not Be Defeated!
Sena got a measles vaccine booster today just to be on the safe side given the increase in the number of measles cases all over the country, including Iowa. The history of the measles vaccine is fascinating by the way. It can make it challenging to figure out who might need a booster. Despite the…
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