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Big Mo Pod Show: “Hickory Smoked Blues”
Today, the Big Mo Pod Show was about how blues music can you help you “exorcise your demons” as Big Mo himself put it today. Isn’t that what it’s always about? And I can’t explain how that even works. But I don’t always understand how it works. I’m going to admit I’m not sure at…
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A Little Iowa Hawkeye Cribbage History
Sena played a couple of games of cribbage solitaire today and came within 8 points of making 121! And so that makes us both fans of this variation on cribbage. There was a little project I set for myself given that DeLynn Colvert’s book, “Play Winning Cribbage” has a section called Cribbage World Publication, which…
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Monarch Butterfly Tagged for Life!
As I announced yesterday, we put together a short YouTube video on the tagged monarch butterfly we saw yesterday at Terry Trueblood Recreation Area, with the help of another guy who pointed it out to us. This was a lot of fun because we didn’t know anything about the monarch tagging project. The tagging project…
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Iowa State Fair 2025 Cribbage Tournament Winners!
We have the winners of the Iowa State Fair Cribbage Tournament. A couple of them were from Missouri! Congratulations to all!
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Community Psychiatry Podcast: Shelter House Iowa City, Iowa
I just discovered this Community Psychiatry Podcast site today. A couple of days ago Dr. Emily Morse, DO, of The University of Iowa Health Care gave a 20-minute interview that outlines how the psychiatry department leverages community psychiatry outreach to address the challenges those experiencing homelessness face. Introduction: “Emily Morse, DO, is a Clinical Associate…
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A Bolt from the Blues!
The title of this post is inspired by a short comment I got today from an Iowa City musician named Ed English. It’s on my blog post from April 14, 2024 entitled “KCCK Big Mo News and More.” I blog a fair amount about the Big Mo (John Heim) Blues Show and the Big Mo…
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Iowa State Fair Cribbage Tournament and More!
I just have a few remarks about the Iowa State Fair Cribbage Tournament which took place today. I don’t have the results and it could be a week before anything is announced about the winner. Here are the rules: Note the $1 entry fee and you have to bring your own cribbage board, cards, and…
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Big Mo Pod Show: “Spiritual IV”
I’m trying to figure out what the meaning of the title is of this week’s Big Mo Pod Show. It’s “Spiritual IV” and I looked at all of his past pod shows looking for Spiritual I-III. I can’t find them. The other thing I noticed about the pod show is that the theme of many…
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Mourning Dove Toe Deformities Revisited
I recently got my first and only comment on a blog post I posted on March 30, 2019 about toeless mourning doves which were visiting our backyard deck of a house in which we lived previously. I also found an article published about the issue later that year in December of 2019, which is about…
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Cone Flower Feast
Sena got a very cool video of a goldfinch pair feeding on our cone flowers in the back yard. They were oblivious to everything around them. They were almost oblivious to each other! It was a peaceful scene.
